The book of memory
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Green Hills - Adult Fiction | Fiction Gappah | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah's The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers?
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gappah, P. (2016). The book of memory (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gappah, Petina, 1971-. 2016. The Book of Memory. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gappah, Petina, 1971-. The Book of Memory Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gappah, Petina. The Book of Memory First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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