Shirley, Goodness & Mercy | Chris Van Wyk (With Author's Inscription) (Copy)

Name: Shirley, Goodness & Mercy | Chris Van Wyk (With Authors Inscription) (Copy)
SKU: AK1143
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Subtitle: A Childhood Memoir
Author: Chris Van Wyk
With Author's Inscription
Publisher: Picador Africa (2004)
ISBN: 9780958470872
Condition: Very Good. Very slight edge wear and rubbing to the covers otherwise contents is bright, clean and tightly bound.
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 333
Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm
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by Chris Van Wyk
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Shirley goodness and mercy' is a wonderful collection of snippets from the life of Chris van Wyk, a 'colored' boy growing up in Riverlea and Coronationville during the thick of the Apartheid years. Van Wyk tells the stories of his childhood in true South African style, with humor interspersed with proudly South African lingo. He brings to life the vibrance of township life, the simplicity of childhood and at times, the depressing normality of a poverty stricken part of the country and culture that very few South Africans really got the chance to see

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