This thing called the future : a novel /

This thing called the future : a novel /

Fourteen-year-old Khosi's mother wants her to get an education to break out of their South African shantytown, although she herself is wasting away from an untreated illness, while Khosi's grandmother, Gogo, seeks help from a traditional Zulu healer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powers, J. L. (Jessica Lynn), 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Sick > Fiction.
Healers > Fiction.
Medical care > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Zulu (African people) > Fiction.
Blacks > South Africa > Fiction.
Medical fiction.
South Africa > Fiction.
Medical novels.
Young adult fiction.
Description
Summary:Fourteen-year-old Khosi's mother wants her to get an education to break out of their South African shantytown, although she herself is wasting away from an untreated illness, while Khosi's grandmother, Gogo, seeks help from a traditional Zulu healer.
Item Description:Includes glossary of Zulu words (pages 207-213).
Physical Description:213 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781933693958 (alk. paper)
1933693959 (alk. paper)