02301cam a2200325 4500 468421929 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062270559 0062270559 B00A26F43A Amazon 7bf87a7f-d719-47f5-8ee4-fa73d147b140 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1139038 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib DeSoto, Lewis. A Blade of Grass [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Ecco, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1025kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>Märit Laurens is a young woman of British descent who comes to live with her husband, Ben, on their newly purchased farm along the border of South Africa. Shortly after her arrival, violence strikes at the heart of Märit's world. Devastated and confused but determined to run the farm on her own, Märit finds herself in a simmering tug of war between the local Afrikaner community and the black workers who live on the farm, both vying for control over the land in the wake of tragedy. Märit's only supporter is her black housekeeper, Tembi, who, like Märit, is alone in the world. Together, the women struggle to hold on to the farm, but the quietly encroaching civil war brings out conflicting loyalties that turn the fight for the farm into a fight for their lives.</p> <p>Thrilling to read, <em>A Blade of Grass</em> is a wrenching story of friendship and betrayal and of the trauma of the land that has shaped post-colonial Africa.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7BF87A7F-D719-47F5-8EE4-FA73D147B140&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7BF87A7F-D719-47F5-8EE4-FA73D147B140&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7BF87A7F-D719-47F5-8EE4-FA73D147B140&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)