Rainbow's End

Lovingly recalled...St John powerfully conveys the implosion of her moral world, her complex disillusionment and her hard decision to leave this snake-rich Eden. Informationen zum Autor Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe. At 11, she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm and game reserve, the subject of her acclaimed memoir, and she grew up surrounded by animals, including eight horses, two warthogs and a pet giraffe. After nearly a decade as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times, followed by a sojourn in the US, riding the tour buses of alt. country stars like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks, she wrote the bestselling 'White Giraffe' series. 'Dead Man's Cove', the first in her new mystery series about 11-year-old detective, Laura Marlin, won the 2011 Blue Peter Favourite Story and Book of the Year Awards. Lauren's website is http://laurenstjohn.com/ and you can follow her on Twitter @laurenstjohn Klappentext A captivating and haunting memoir by celebrated children's author Lauren St John about her childhood spent in rural Africa. Zusammenfassung A captivating and haunting memoir by celebrated children's author Lauren St John about her childhood spent in rural Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren St John, Lauren St. John, Lauren St.john
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9780753829233
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2923-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 199 mm x 132 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; HISTORY / Africa / General, Zimbabwe, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs