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The Silicon Tongue
Beryl Fletcher
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Description for The Silicon Tongue
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: FA; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
The Silicon Tongue is centred on the life of London-born Alice who was brought to New Zealand as a servant in the 1930s. Tricked by the authorities into believing she was an orphan, Alice tells her story into the tape recorder of a mysterious oral historian and discloses family secrets of rape and adoption. She discovers a kinship with a teenage nethead called Pixel and learns that old women can fly in cyberspace along with the young. Meanwhile, Alice’s daughter Joy finds out that when it comes to family stories there is always more than one version of the truth. ... Read more
The Silicon Tongue is centred on the life of London-born Alice who was brought to New Zealand as a servant in the 1930s. Tricked by the authorities into believing she was an orphan, Alice tells her story into the tape recorder of a mysterious oral historian and discloses family secrets of rape and adoption. She discovers a kinship with a teenage nethead called Pixel and learns that old women can fly in cyberspace along with the young. Meanwhile, Alice’s daughter Joy finds out that when it comes to family stories there is always more than one version of the truth. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781875559497
SKU
V9781875559497
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