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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

A Memoir of Africa

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An edition of When a crocodile eats the sun (2007)

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

A Memoir of Africa

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After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into thejaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world.WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.

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Cover of: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
April 10, 2008, Back Bay Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
2008, Little, Brown and Company
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Cover of: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
2007, Little, Brown and Company
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Cover of: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
April 17, 2007, Little, Brown and Company
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Cover of: When a crocodile eats the sun
When a crocodile eats the sun: a memoir of Africa
2007, Little, Brown and Co.
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
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Hardcover
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
10 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL9845823M
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whencrocodileeat00godw
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0316158941
ISBN 13
9780316158947
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2136566
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144214

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