A treacherous paradise
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
[Westminster, MD] : Random House Audio/Books on Tape, [2013].
ISBN
9780804126953, 080412695X, 9780804126939, 0804126933
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bedford Park Public Library District - Stacks | FIC Man CD | On Shelf |
Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | CD BOOK MANKELL | On Shelf |
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora - Adult Audiobooks | AB MANKELL | On Shelf |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - AUDIOBOOK3 | CD FICTION MANKELL | On Shelf |
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Published
[Westminster, MD] : Random House Audio/Books on Tape, [2013].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (11 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780804126953, 080412695X, 9780804126939, 0804126933
UPC
9780804126953
Notes
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Rosalyn Landor.
Description
"Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise, " as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself.
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AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mankell, H., & Landor, R. (2013). A treacherous paradise (Unabridged.). Random House Audio/Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015 and Rosalyn. Landor. 2013. A Treacherous Paradise. Random House Audio/Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015 and Rosalyn. Landor. A Treacherous Paradise Random House Audio/Books on Tape, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning, and Rosalyn Landor. A Treacherous Paradise Unabridged., Random House Audio/Books on Tape, 2013.
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