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Physician Richard Berringer, his wife, Ann, and their thirteen-year old son, Torquil, have abandoned their recently-completed dream home in Nova Scotia and moved to Sierra Leone, despite warnings that the West African country is in a civil war. Two months on, things are not going well. Tensions are rising between Richard and his boss; Torquil — who hates Sierra Leone almost as much as he hates his father — has launched a hunger strike; and Ann is bedridden with illnesses that Richard believes are all in her head. While the Berringers battle with themselves, each other, and the worlds they inhabit, the narrative repeatedly returns to their past, shedding light on what brought them together, what keeps them together, why they have come to Africa, and why they might not be able to go home again.
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White Elephant, Catherine Cooper, Michael Redhill
- Language
- Released
- 2016
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- Book condition
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- Title
- White Elephant
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Catherine Cooper, Michael Redhill
- Publisher
- Freehand Books
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 1554813034
- ISBN13
- 9781554813032
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Health & Medicine, Psychological Topics, Family, Literary Fiction
- Description
- Physician Richard Berringer, his wife, Ann, and their thirteen-year old son, Torquil, have abandoned their recently-completed dream home in Nova Scotia and moved to Sierra Leone, despite warnings that the West African country is in a civil war. Two months on, things are not going well. Tensions are rising between Richard and his boss; Torquil — who hates Sierra Leone almost as much as he hates his father — has launched a hunger strike; and Ann is bedridden with illnesses that Richard believes are all in her head. While the Berringers battle with themselves, each other, and the worlds they inhabit, the narrative repeatedly returns to their past, shedding light on what brought them together, what keeps them together, why they have come to Africa, and why they might not be able to go home again.