Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Author(s): Lauren St.John
In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of Rhodesia's struggle to become Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to a wild, beautiful farm on the banks of a slow-flowing river. The house was the scene of a horrific guerrilla attack, and settling there changes Lauren's life irrevocably. RAINBOW'S END captures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Lauren's childhood reads like a girl's own adventure story as, at the height of the war, she rides through the wilderness on her horse, Morning Star, encountering lions, crocodiles, vicious ostriches, and mad cows. Yet the greatest threat is the ruthless guerrillas who prowl the land, making each day more dangerous, vivid, and prized than the last.
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A captivating and haunting memoir by celebrated children's author Lauren St John about her childhood spent in rural Africa.
A captivating and haunting memoir HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER 20120211
Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe, in December 1966. After studying journalism in Africa, she moved to London, where she was for many years the golf correspondent for THE SUNDAY TIMES. She is the author of several books on sports, a biography of country rocker Steve Earle, and the children's novels THE WHITE GIRAFFE and THE LAST LEOPARD.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.206
- : 01 January 2012
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 29 February 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lauren St.John
- : Paperback
- : 968.9104092
- : 304