Mark McLuhan is a porter in a London hospital, a job he does because, despite his intellectual over-qualifications, he's always wanted to be a carer. The paradox is, though, that the only person apart from himself that he can feel for is his older sister Geena. Then, suddenly shattering their fragile close family's existence, the onset of fits in Geena provoke recovered memories and eventually a disturbing discovery: she had been adopted at the age of three before her parents had left South Africa. Now Mark has to face ...
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Mark McLuhan is a porter in a London hospital, a job he does because, despite his intellectual over-qualifications, he's always wanted to be a carer. The paradox is, though, that the only person apart from himself that he can feel for is his older sister Geena. Then, suddenly shattering their fragile close family's existence, the onset of fits in Geena provoke recovered memories and eventually a disturbing discovery: she had been adopted at the age of three before her parents had left South Africa. Now Mark has to face up to his ambivalent feelings for a woman with whom it would be legitimate to have a romantic relationship. However Geena is determined to trace her blood parents and, returning to South Africa, unwittingly becomes drawn into a world of gun-running and evil gangsters. Forced to re-evaluate, Mark and his family set out to find Geena amongst the townships, and a fresh - eventually stronger - equilibrium to their lives.
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Add this copy of Surface Tension to cart. $5.50, very good condition, Sold by Bookmarc's rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Porte, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Abacus.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. BG3-A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with heavy clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library lables and stamps on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, and the title page. The story of a brother and sister who are are four years different in age and have always been extremely close. The sister hangs out with a young crowd and frequents the London clubs-drugs-sex scene. She begins experiencing hallucinations and their seems to be no medical explanation. When she learns she's adopted and travels to South Africa to find her birth parents. Once there, her hallucinations begin to make sense, but by then, she's put herself in great danger, and it's up to her brother to rescue her. The author is a winner of the David Higham Prize. By the author of "Soldiers and Innocents, " "Small Times, " "An Interference of LIght, " and "The Eros Hunter." Acknowledgments, 249p.
Add this copy of Surface Tension to cart. $14.96, very good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by Abacus.
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Add this copy of Surface Tension to cart. $31.29, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Little, Brown Book Group.
