by TimEcott (Author)
A very different memoir about growing up in South Africa. 'Funny, never self-pitying and a pleasure to read' - GUARDIAN '[An] affectionate, generous book' - IRISH TIMES 'Both haunting and funny. [Ecott] writes with compassion and honesty to give us a truly memorable account of an extraordinary upbringing' - Fergal Keane 'Unputdownable - never sentimental, extremely honest and with a positively Dickensian cast of characters' - Emma Thompson
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 05 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0340936649
ISBN 13: 9780340936641
Book Overview: 'STEALING WATER is a simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of poor-white family life in the twilight of apartheid' - Richard E. Grant