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Chanda's Secrets BSY432

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Chanda, 16, remembers the good times, when she lived with both parents on a cattle post in sub-Saharan Africa and even later on when her family moved to Bonang. Her family's troubles began after her father was killed in the diamond mines. Her first stepfather abused her; the second died of a stroke; the third is a drunken philanderer. Although Chanda lives in a world in which illness and death have become commonplace, it is not one in which AIDS can be mentioned. The horror and desperation of families facing this disease is brought home when her latest stepfather's sister dumps the dying man in front of their shantytown house. Before Chanda can get help from the hospital caseworker, he disappears and the wagon that brought him is burned. Her mother leaves to visit her family on the cattle post and Chanda is forced to give up her dream of further education to care for her younger sister and brother. Slowly she comes to realize that her mother has AIDS, and that she might be infected herself. But Chanda's education serves her well as she faces the disease head-on. In a sad but satisfying ending, she rescues her mother so that she can die at home and she and her siblings get themselves tested. Smart and determined, Chanda is a character whom readers come to care for and believe in, in spite of her almost impossible situation. The details of sub-Saharan African life are convincing and smoothly woven into this moving story of poverty and courage, but the real insight for readers will be the appalling treatment of the AIDS victims. Strong language and frank description are appropriate to the subject matter.

《长青藤国际大奖小说:倩达的秘密》:女孩倩达与母亲相依为命,共同支撑着命运多舛的家庭。她成绩优秀,怀揣美好的留学梦。在虽贫寒却因爱而温馨的平淡生活中,倩达与母亲都没有预料到,一场灭顶之灾已悄悄逼近,突如其来的变故将使倩达的命运发生巨大的转折。她要如何捍卫自己的友情,以稚嫩的肩膀担负起一切,维护自己至爱的家人?横亘在她面前的,是一个比死亡本身更可怕的秘密,而这个秘密竟跟母亲有关……

By Allan Stratton, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 279 pages, 8.25"x5.9"
 
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