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Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dinah: Add a description of this character.
- Lisa
- Sam
- Maud
- Jenny
- Marianne
- Didi
- Catherine Cleary
- Mrs Vaughan-jones
- Angela
- Irmi
- Sally
- Peter
- Maddie
- Wilhelm
- Mrs Stewart
- Otto
- Lucy
- Heinrich
- Ephraim
- David
- Mrs Keithley
- Alice
- Jed
- Willem
- Jurgen
- Yael
- Hitler
- Simon
- Miss Maidment
- Roddy
- Lindsay
- Henrietta
- Lilian
- Mrs Garson
- Patsy
- Miss Mcneil
- Mrs Van Der Walt
- Mr Clegg
- Harold
- Evalina
- Owen
- Dr Goldman
- Miss Byrd
- Mister Walker
- Dr Verwoerd
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 074756034X
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 074756034X
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2003, Longlisted)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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