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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
Publication date
March 28, 2013
Pages
448
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781408840481
ISBN-10
1408840480
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$14.90
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A bold, sweeping story of one girls rise from obscurity to an unpredictable kind of political power abandoned by her mother, hillela is left to be raised by her two aunts in south africa at olgas she might have acquired a taste for antiques and a style of dress to please a suitable husband at paulines she might have developed a social conscience but hillelas betrayal of her position as a surrogate daughter so shocks both families that at seventeen she is cast adrift swiftly and perilously, her life opens out she lives as a footloose girl among political exiles on a beach in east africa, drifting between jobs and lovers, and finally becomes the wife of a black revolutionary personal tragedy is ultimately the catalyst for her political development, leading her into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Isis Large Print Books (June 1, 1988); titled "Sport of Nature"
9781850892281 | details & prices | List price $20.95
About: Abandoned by her South African family, Hillela drifts through jobs and lovers until tragic events suddenly catapult her into a heroic role in the struggle against apartheid
About: Abandoned by her South African family, Hillela drifts through jobs and lovers until tragic events suddenly catapult her into a heroic role in the struggle against apartheid
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 1, 1987)
9780394548029 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: Follows the story of Hillela, a white South African woman, from her self-absorbed adolescence in Johannesburg to her years as the wife of the black president of one of Africa's most progressive nations
About: Follows the story of Hillela, a white South African woman, from her self-absorbed adolescence in Johannesburg to her years as the wife of the black president of one of Africa's most progressive nations
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (March 28, 2013)
9781408840481 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $14.90
About: A bold, sweeping story of one girls rise from obscurity to an unpredictable kind of political power abandoned by her mother, hillela is left to be raised by her two aunts in south africa at olgas she might have acquired a taste for antiques and a style of dress to please a suitable husband at paulines she might have developed a social conscience but hillelas betrayal of her position as a surrogate daughter so shocks both families that at seventeen she is cast adrift swiftly and perilously, her life opens out she lives as a footloose girl among political exiles on a beach in east africa, drifting between jobs and lovers, and finally becomes the wife of a black revolutionary personal tragedy is ultimately the catalyst for her political development, leading her into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid
About: A bold, sweeping story of one girls rise from obscurity to an unpredictable kind of political power abandoned by her mother, hillela is left to be raised by her two aunts in south africa at olgas she might have acquired a taste for antiques and a style of dress to please a suitable husband at paulines she might have developed a social conscience but hillelas betrayal of her position as a surrogate daughter so shocks both families that at seventeen she is cast adrift swiftly and perilously, her life opens out she lives as a footloose girl among political exiles on a beach in east africa, drifting between jobs and lovers, and finally becomes the wife of a black revolutionary personal tragedy is ultimately the catalyst for her political development, leading her into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (March 1, 1988)
9780140084702 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Abandoned by her South African family, Hillela drifts through jobs and lovers until tragic events suddenly catapult her into a heroic role in the struggle against apartheid
About: Abandoned by her South African family, Hillela drifts through jobs and lovers until tragic events suddenly catapult her into a heroic role in the struggle against apartheid
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