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"The Leper Compound will ...remain with the reader long after the book has been closed."-Stuart Dybek, author of I Sailed with Magellan For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late-twentieth-century African life. Paula Nangle was raised by missionaries in the United States and southern Africa and now lives in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is her first novel.

The Leper Compound

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"The Leper Compound will ...remain with the reader long after the book has been closed."-Stuart Dybek, author of I Sailed... Read more

    Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
    Publication Date: 17/01/2008
    ISBN13: 9781934137062, 978-1934137062
    ISBN10: 1934137065

    Number of Pages: 192

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    "The Leper Compound will ...remain with the reader long after the book has been closed."-Stuart Dybek, author of I Sailed with Magellan For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late-twentieth-century African life. Paula Nangle was raised by missionaries in the United States and southern Africa and now lives in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is her first novel.

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