Sharon Maas

The Girl from Lamaha Street

A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging

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Produktbeschreibung

Sharon shares her incredible story of growing up in Guyana in the fifties before going off to a boarding school in England where she was the only dark-skinned girl. Covering her childhood freedom in Guyana against the backdrop of institutionalised racism, with parents who were prominent political activists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octopus Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 128mm x 196mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781909770690
• ISBN-10: 1909770698
• Artikelnr.: 62257840

Autorenporträt

Sharon Maas was born into a prominent political family in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1951. She was educated in England, Guyana, and, later, Germany. After leaving school, she worked as a trainee reporter with the Guyana Graphic in Georgetown and later wrote feature articles for the Sunday Chronicle as a staff journalist. Sharon has always had a great sense of adventure and curiosity about the world we live in, and Guyana could not hold her for long. In 1971 she set off on a year-long backpacking trip around South America, followed by an overland trek to South India, where she spent two years in an ashram. She is the author of The Violin Maker's Daughter, The Soldier's Girl, Her Darkest Hour and many other novels.