In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen,...
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In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse....
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V tejto sa mu podarilo zmapovať životnú púť Afričanky Nombeki Mayeki a množstva ďalších postáv s dávkou humoru jemu vlastnému a myslím, že nesklamal. Príbeh mal nepochybne svoje slabšie časti, ale celkový dojem je viac než príjemný a jedná sa o veľmi milú oddychovú knihu.