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She left me the gun : my mother's life before me / Emma Brockes.

Author: Brockes, Emma.

Note:If You Think That's Aggressive Then You Really Haven't Lived -- South Africa, 1932-1960 -- Chasing The Train -- London, Buckinghamshire, London -- Departure -- At the Archive -- A Very Interesting Group Of People -- Friends are Like Jewels -- Gold Jewelry -- Everything That Matters -- Hearsay -- Eloff Street On a Saturday Morning -- Tony -- Babanango -- Who Wears Hats To The Dentist -- Freedom Day -- Afterward -- Epilogue.

Note:An award-winning Guardian's Weekend journalist documents her investigation into a shattering childhood trauma in South Africa, tracing the discovery of the author's father's abuse, which compelled her mother's unsuccessful attempt to kill him before fleeing the country.



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