ISBN10: 1875559493, ISBN13: 9781875559497, [publisher: Spinifex Press] Softcover 236 pages. Alice was abandoned in England and sent to New Zea land as a servant, tricked by the authorities into believing that she was an orphan. Now 70, she tells her story to a mysterious h istorian and discloses family secrets. Editorial Reviews From t he Back Cover The Silicon Tongue is centred on the life and times of London-born Alice who was brought to New Zealand as a servant in the 1930s. Tricked by the authorities into believing that she was an orphan, Alice tells her story into the tape recorder of a mysterious oral historian and discloses family secrets of rape a nd adoption. She discovers a kinship with a teenage nethead calle d Pixel and learns that old women can fly in cyberspace along wit h the young. Meanwhile, Alice's daughter Joy, finds out that when it comes to family stories, there is always more than one versio n of the truth.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1996]

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ISBN10: 1875559493, ISBN13: 9781875559497, [publisher: Spinifex Press] Softcover 1996. Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: FA; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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