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Casting With A Fragile Thread.


Casting With A Fragile Thread

Wendy Kann

Henry Holt

175 - 5th Avenue, New York NY 10010

0805079564 $23.00 www.hholt.com

Casting With A Fragile Thread: A Story Of Sisters And Africa tells of the mother of three children who left her Rhodesia Rhodesia: see Zimbabwe. childhood behind fifteen years earlier to settle into a new life in America and escape her country's upheaval. When she receives a call that her youngest sister has been killed in Zambia Zambia (zăm`bēə), officially Republic of Zambia, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,262,000), 290,584 sq mi (752,614 sq km), central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the north, on Tanzania in the northeast, on Malawi and Mozambique in the east, on Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia in the south, and on Angola in the west., she returns to her native Africa to find a new sense of purpose. A vivid story of death, rebirth, and cultural discovery evolves.
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Title Annotation:Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa
Publication:Internet Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Sep 1, 2006
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