Girl on the edge : a memoir / Ruth Carneson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carneson, Ruth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carneson, Ruth.

Artists--South Africa--Biography.

Artists.

Children of prisoners--South Africa--Biography.

Children of prisoners.

Communists--South Africa--Biography.

Communists.

Political activists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists.

Government, Resistance to--South Africa.

Government, Resistance to.

South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

South Africa.

England--Social conditions--20th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Place of Publication:

[South Africa] : Face2Face, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ruth was four years old when her father was arrested for high treason and her world was turned upside-down. She grew up in constant fear of Special Branch policemen knocking on the door to arrest her mother or father, prominent South African communist. Ruth learned how to keep her mouth shut, to look out for microphones in the walls and to beware of friends who could betray her trust. At fourteen, Ruth left South Africa, clutching her teddy bear in one hand and her drawings in the other. A plan to England carried her into exile, a new world where she struggled to reconstruct a life fractured b

Contents:

COVER; TITLE PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PART ONE; 1 I'M A BRAVE, BRAVE MOUSE; 2 ADENOIDS; 3 HIGH TREASON; 4 KWELA MUSIC; 5 DAD GOES INTO HIDING; 6 GRANNY'S HOUSE; 7 REPUBLIC; 8 MUM IN PRISON; 9 MUM AND DAD COME HOME; 10 RHYDE VILLA; 11 MUM AND DAD ARGUE; 12 MOUNT PLEASANT; 13 SECRET GARDENS AND BOMBS; 14 MUSHROOMS FOR THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE; 15 DISINTEGRATION; 16 LEARNING TO SMOKE; 17 A WORM FOR THE PRIME MINISTER; 18 HOSPITAL STORIES 1 - THREE BOTTLES OF PILLS; PART TWO; 19 LONDON; 20 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER; 21 HOSPITAL STORIES 2 - SUICIDE; 22 HOSPITAL STORIES 2, CONTINUED

23 HOSPITAL STORIES 3 - FRIERN BARNET ASYLUM FOR THE HOPELESSLY INSANE24 SAMSON; 25 A SUITABLE PROFESSION; 26 DRUGS, SEX AND ROCK 'N' ROLL; 27 DAD COMES HOME; 28 SAMSON AND ME; 29 ON THE ROAD; 30 SHREWSBURY; 31 RUTHIN; 32 BACK TO NATURE; 33 WILD WALES; 34 NEWCASTLE BROWN; 35 ON THE ROAD AGAIN; 36 BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT; 37 THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND DOMESTICITY; 38 NOAH AND ART; 39 LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER; 40 SPLITTING; 41 TANZANIA; 42 TUG OF WAR; 43 EXHIBITIONS AND PROTESTS; 44 NO MALES ALLOWED; 45 TOTNES, TRIALS AND THERAPISTS; 46 NIGHT WALKS AND POVERTY; 47 DANIEL LEAVES

48 PLANTING PENNIES49 COMMUNAL LIVING IN LONDON; 50 HOSPITAL STORIES 4 - TEENAGERS; 51 COMING HOME; 52 SUMMER LOVE; 53 ELECTIONS; 54 LONDON: PUSH ME PULL YOU; 55 THE ISLAND; 56 ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS; PICTURE SECTION; PRISON LETTERS - LETTERS TO MY FATHER 1968-1971; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; COPYRIGHT PAGE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-9946516-8-6