- Title:
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Whitethorn (MP3)
- Written by:
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Bryce Courtenay
- Read by:
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Humphrey Bower
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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24 hours 50 minutes
- MP3 size:
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1.08 GB
- Published:
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December 01 2005
- Available Date:
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December 01 2005
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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1740949714
- APN / ISBN-13:
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9781740949712
- Genres:
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Fiction; African; Historical Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
Bolinda price
From Australia's bestselling author.
In this sweeping novel of Africa, in all its power, beauty and savagery, Bryce Courtenay captures the life of a child and the life of a nation. Whitethorn is a book about tragedy and joy, about love and hatred, and about a boy called Tom who will not rest until justice is done. From the author of Brother Fish and The Power of One comes another moving story you won't forget.
"Humphrey Bower creates an engrossing soundscape in this story of a 6-year-old boy's pain and triumph in South Africa in 1939. The boy, Tom Fitzsaxby, is an outcast with an English name at a Boer orphanage; his only friend, a black employee. When terrible events occur, Tom decides to fight for what is right. This is a tough book made manageable for listeners by the complex portrayal of characters and by a happy ending. Humphrey Bower paces the tension just right and relieves us with quick-step happiness when it appears. Throughout, he offers revealing, sometimes heartbreaking, portraits of little boys, Boer overseers, and black villagers in an exemplary performance."
AudioFile Magazine
"Just read it and be touched, and learn a little African history along the way too."
Amazon