ISBN10: 1875559493, ISBN13: 9781875559497, [publisher: Spinifex Press] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
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Spinifex Press. Used - Very Good. 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Spinifex Press ISBN 1875559493 9781875559497 [US]

ISBN10: 1875559493, ISBN13: 9781875559497, [publisher: Spinifex Press, North Melbourne] Softcover Paperback. The Silicon Tongue is centred on the life of London-born Alice who was brought to New Zealand as a servant in the 1930s. Tricked by the authorities into believing she was an orphan, Alice tells her story into the tape recorder of a mysterious oral historian and discloses family secrets of rape and adoption. She discovers a kinship with a teenage nethead called Pixel and learns that old women can fly in cyberspace along with the young. Meanwhile, Alices daughter Joy finds out that when it comes to family stories there is always more than one version of the truth. Alice was abandoned in England and sent to New Zealand as a servant, tricked by the authorities into believing that she was an orphan. Now 70, she tells her story to a mysterious historian and discloses family secrets. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1996]
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