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The water man's daughter : a novel

Ruby-Sachs, Emma. (Author).

Summary: "The violent death of a Canadian water company executive in a black township of Johannesburg, throws together a South African anti-privatization activist and the water executive's daughter, Clarie, who arrives suddenly from Canada desperate to understand her father's death. One of these women has a dark secret that could change both their lives. This debut novel, like its characters, is fierce and tender, thought-provoking and emotionally rich. It introduces Emma Ruby-Sachs as an enormously talented, original, and fearless new voice in Canadian fiction. Originally from Toronto, she now lives in Brooklyn, NY."--Publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780771047718 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780771077975 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0771077971 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    325 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Emblem/McClelland & Stewart, c2011.
Subject: Canadians -- South Africa -- Fiction
Water utilities -- Canada -- Fiction
Water resources development -- Privatization -- South Africa -- Fiction
Executives -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Murder -- Fiction
Policewomen -- South Africa -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Women political activists -- Fiction
Secrecy -- Fiction
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Fiction
Genre: Canadian fiction.
Black fiction.
First novel.

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