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More copies of this ISBNeBook editionsCity Boyby Jan Michael
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Set in contemporary Malawi, a poignant account of an orphaned boy's transition from city life to village life. Sam's widowed mother has died from "the Disease," and Sam is claimed by his aunt Mercy, who lives in the small African village where Sam's mother was born and raised. The gap between Sam's life in the city, where he had his own room, attended private school, and used a computer, and his new life in the dirt-floored one-room hut, which he is to share with his aunt and cousins, is vast beyond imagining. Grief, loneliness, and the absence of everything familiar make for a rocky transition to a traditional culture where possessions count for little and everyone is expected to do his or her share. Synopsis:Set in contemporary Malawi, this compelling and thought-provoking novel follows the progress of a young orphaned boy from grief and loss to a new sense of himself, his family, and of home.
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