Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home

Name: Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781925603798
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By Sisonke Msimang

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Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home by Sisonke Msimang is a poignant exploration of identity and belonging. It chronicles the author’s journey through various countries as a child of South African parents involved in the anti-apartheid struggle. The memoir offers a rich tapestry of personal and political observations, capturing the complexities of finding home amidst the backdrop of exile and cultural displacement.
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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in personal stories of identity, belonging, and the search for home. It offers a compelling narrative of a life shaped by politics, family, and a quest for justice, delivered with wit and poignant reflection.

Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home

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A moving portrait of the life journey and all the romance, heartache and grief that has helped to make Sisonke Msimang the writer, activist, mother and woman she is today.

Sisonke Msimang was born in exile, the daughter of South African freedom fighters. Always Another Country is the story of a young girl's path to womanhood - a journey that took her from Africa to America and back again, then on to a new home in Australia.

Frank, fierce and insightful, she reflects candidly on the abuse she suffered as a child, the naive, heady euphoria of returning at last to her parents' homeland - and her disillusionment with present-day South Africa and its new elites. Sisonke Msimang is a bold new voice on feminism, race and politics - in her beloved South Africa, in Australia, and around the world.

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Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang is a gripping and eloquent memoir that intertwines personal and political narratives, offering a rich insight into themes of exile, home, and race politics. Reviewers praise Msimang's honesty, passion, and masterful storytelling, noting her ability to speak bravely about identity, freedom, and injustice with warmth and humour. Her work is celebrated as both moving and timely, resonating deeply with readers seeking a nuanced understanding of belonging and displacement.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925603798

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 392g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Sisonke Msimang was born in exile to South African parents - a freedom fighter and an accountant -and raised in Zambia, Kenya and Canada before studying in the US as an undergraduate. Her family returned to South Africa after apartheid was abolished in the early 1990s. Sisonke has held fellowships at Yale University, the Aspen Institute and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and is a regular contributor to the Guardian, Daily Maverick and New York Times. She now lives in Perth, Australia, where she is head of oral storytelling at the Centre for Stories.

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