The other side of silence

First published: 2002

Description

As a small child in wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about escaping from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service. She joins a shipload of young women transported in the early years of the 20th century to the colony of South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers.

Subjects

Women colonists Fiction Young women Colonies Women prisoners Germans History Fiction, historical, general Africa, fiction Young women, fiction German colonies Roman

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