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When Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother said 'One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed.' Growing up in a tranquil English village, Emma knew very little of her mother's life before her. She knew Paula had grown up in South Africa and had seven siblings.
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Abusive men, Description and travel, Family, Travel, Violence against, Childhood and youth, Child sexual abuse, Case studies, Mothers and daughters, Fathers, Biography, Large type books, Families, New York Times reviewed, South africa, biography, South africa, description and travelPeople
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She left me the gun: my mother's life before me
2014, Penguin Books
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0143125362 9780143125365
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She left me the gun: my mother's life before me
2013, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
in English
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1410462900 9781410462909
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She left me the gun: my mother's life before me
2013, Penguin Press
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1594204594 9781594204593
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She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me
2013, Faber & Faber, Incorporated
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0571275834 9780571275830
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Table of Contents
If you think that's aggressive then you really haven't lived
South Africa, 1932-1960
Chasing the train
London, Buckinghamshire, London
Departure
At the archive
A very interesting group of people
Friends are like jewels
Gold jewelry
Everything that matters
Hearsay
Eloff Street on a Saturday morning
Tony
Babanango
Who wears hats to the dentist
Freedom day
Afterward
Epilogue.
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