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Little mother : a novel /
When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. Af...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
Ã2011.
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| Colección: | Global African voices.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite. When Domenica gives birth to a son, Barni, also known as Little Mother, is at her side. Together with the new baby, Domenica and Barni find their Somali roots and start to. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 235 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780253001481 025300148X 0253356105 9780253356109 0253000173 9780253000170 9780253356123 0253356121 |