Frankie & Stankie.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with white and fluorescent bronze gilt lettering to front and critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges both ubiquitously slightly aged/toned but bright and clean,without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent bronze gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a maroon headband and silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate speckled endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1- 307pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters and an afterword,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear of the book; author's acknowledgements,terminology note,a note on the author with a note on the type (font/lettering) used,to its reverse.
Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening.It's a time of dreadful change. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family.Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible,while Dinah is weedy and arty; a non-eating asthmatic who is pampered by her anxious mother. Dinah's mother has relocated from pre-war Berlin.Her immigrant mathematician father is a forceful,whirlwind presence.'You're not straining the child's orange juice again!' he yells at breakfast,but Dinah doesn't like 'bits'. At school,the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break.'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks.But Dinah doesn't know the answer,because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches.As the apparatus of repression rolls on,Dinah finds her own way,escaping into rewarding friendships with brilliant,wild-girl Maud and trim, clued-up Jenny.Then there's the minefield of boys and university - not least the Freshers' Reception Committee,with its racist rugger choruses. Finally,there's marriage and voluntary exile in London.As we follow Dinah's journey through childhood and adolescence,we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.Balancing darkness and light with marvellous dexterity,this is Barbara Trapido at the top of her form - vibrant,profound and,as always,irresistible. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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