Stealing water : a secret life in an African city
Ecott, Tim2008
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A memoir of an extraordinary family - unexpectedly poor and forced to live on their wits amidst 1970s South African affluence. Tim Ecott's story is at times poignant, funny, affecting and moving. It's also more than a little bizarre.
Main title:
Stealing water : a secret life in an African city / Tim Ecott.
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Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2008.
Collation:
304 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780340936627 (hbk)0340936622 (hbk)
Dewey class:
968.2'21063'092968.2206968
Local class:
B ECO
Language:
English
Subject:
Ecott, Tim -- FamilyIrish -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- BiographyIrish -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Social conditionsPoverty -- South Africa -- JohannesburgApartheid -- South Africa -- JohannesburgJohannesburg (South Africa) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centurySouth Africa -- History -- 1961-1994
BRN:
170298
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