Rainbow's End A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm

Name: Rainbow's End A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
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ISBN: 9780743286800

ISBN-10: 0743286804

ISBN-13: 9780743286800

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lauren St John

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This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slowflowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles there, a chain of events is set in motion that will change her life irrevocably. Rainbow's Endcaptures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Lauren's childhood reads like a girl's own adventure story. At the height of the war, Lauren rides…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 7/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Prologue


Giant Estate, Gadzema, 1975-1978


Rainbow's End, 1978-1980


Independence, 1980-1983


Glossary


Acknowledgments