Hello to the Cannibals: A NovelHarper Collins, 13.10.2009 - 688 Seiten At first, all Lily Austin knows about 19th–century explorer Mary Kingsley is that, 100 years before, she was the first white woman to venture into the heart of Africa. But as Lily begins reading about Mary Kingsley, she becomes more and more fascinated – and discovers in Mary a kindred spirit. In her own life, Lily feels trapped – on the one hand, she craves family and intimate connection; on the other hand, she has no healthy or satisfying role models. Consequently, as she nears graduation from the University of Virginia, she finds herself uncertain about what to do with her life. As she researches Mary's life – she has begun writing a play about her – Lily comes to witness Mary's incredible bravery and startling originality, qualities that prove inspirational to Lily, whose own bravery is required as she attempts to navigate dysfunctional and destructive relationships with her young husband, her extended family – and a legacy of abuse dating back to her childhood. |
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... Africa , circa 1895. She puts down the words that , in her private world , she can hear them speak ; it's as if she's ghost - visited . One night , she hears a tussle in the living room , and steps out of her room to see her father and ...
... Africa and ended up traveling to parts of it where no other European ever had . She climbed Mount Cameroon , went to the peak , alone . And she wrote a best - selling book and was world famous for a time . Kipling said she had no ...
... Africa in a little space like this? More to the point, I'm supposed to give you what it was like for her, in such a place. He paces to one side of the stage and then hunches down. There's something conspiratorial about it. She was ...
... Africa . The writings and remembrances of adventurers . 3 ONE HUNDRED YEARS , one hundred years . Lily put herself there , walking a sunny street in a suburb of London , having never been to England . There was only Dominic to talk to ...