My Warrior Son

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition

Description: 340 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The story of a single parents struggle to bring up her child, the mother a white South African journalist and the child a black Kenyan boy. The book relates the cross cultures pleasures and difficulties faced by the author and explores her commitment to a country she loved. Industry Reviews When the headmaster of a local Kenyan school asked Mary Fitzgerald to sponsor a bright Maasai orphan she didnt think twice: so Peter Lekerian (sp) became part of her family, demanding more love and attention than she had bargained for. Juggling her life as a foreign correspondent and single mother was not always easy, but M-A (as her family called her) introduced Peter to the western appraoch, whilst trying to understand his Maasai upbringing. Then she was exiled for speaking out against the ruling Kenyan regime. Back in England Mary-Anne struggles to come to terms with her exile, then Peter arrives. His introduction to British farming, London and student life doesnt always come easily, and Fitzgeralds accounts are highly entertaining. This is a fascinating story of a mother and her family; how an adopted son adapts to the family dynamics with two sisters, but largely it is a story of cultural differences. M-A shows us that although she has a profound understanding of African mentality, even her patience is at times tested. As she gets to know Peter better his story unfolds, and his Maasai family appears. (Kirkus UK)

ISBN: 9780718139490