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The book of memory / Petina Gappah.
Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah's The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780865479074
- ISBN: 0865479070
- Physical Description: 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Faber & Faber Ltd., 2015. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women prisoners > Fiction. Albinos and albinism > Zimbabwe > Harare > Fiction. Zimbabwean fiction. Harare (Zimbabwe) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Novels. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata County Library | F GAP (Text) | 39640100470358 | JUNM Fiction | Available | - |
