Behind you, dad : finding your feet in a new land / Maxwell Mkoki.

By:

Mkoki, Maxwell [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780473696290
0473696290

Other title:

Finding your feet in a new land

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DDC classification:

305.9069120993

Summary: "Maxwell wanted his two-year-old son to have a better life. But without hope in his native country in Africa, he set out to explore the world in search of greener pastures. That exploration led the family to emigrate to New Zealand. The son is now twenty and the family is split, but one afternoon the father and son find themselves in deep conversation when the son asks to hear the story of how they came to be in this new land. In Behind you, Dad, Maxwell unpacks the 'bindle sack' of memories, revealing hard-won true-life experience and knowledge about living as an immigrant, and practical wisdom passed on from father to son about what it takes to get ahead - no matter what circumstances come your way."--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	305.9069120993 MKO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A562397B

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"Maxwell wanted his two-year-old son to have a better life. But without hope in his native country in Africa, he set out to explore the world in search of greener pastures. That exploration led the family to emigrate to New Zealand. The son is now twenty and the family is split, but one afternoon the father and son find themselves in deep conversation when the son asks to hear the story of how they came to be in this new land. In Behind you, Dad, Maxwell unpacks the 'bindle sack' of memories, revealing hard-won true-life experience and knowledge about living as an immigrant, and practical wisdom passed on from father to son about what it takes to get ahead - no matter what circumstances come your way."--Back cover.

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