{"product_id":"going-home-doris-lessing-9780060976309","title":"Going Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Africa belongs to the Africans; the sooner they take it back the better. But--a country also belongs to those who feel at home in it. Perhaps it may be that love of Africa the country will be strong enough to link people who hate each other now. Perhaps...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/i\u003e is Doris Lessing's powerful nonfiction memoir of her first journey back to Africa, the land in which she grew up and in which so much of her emotion and her concern are still invested. Returning to Southern Rhodesia in 1956, she found that her love of the country had remained as strong as her hatred of the idea of \"white supremacy\" espoused by its ruling class. \u003ci\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/i\u003e evokes brilliantly the experience of the people, black and white, who have shaped and will shape a beloved country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unflinching work of social commentary, Lessing explores the charged landscape of a nation on the brink: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Raw Portrait of Colonial Africa: \u003c\/b\u003e Journey with Lessing back to 1956 Southern Rhodesia, a land she loves, ruled by a system of racial inequality she despises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIncisive Social Commentary: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness through Lessing's sharp, observant eye the daily realities of apartheid and the rigid structure of white supremacy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Personal Memoir: \u003c\/b\u003e A deeply personal account of returning to the place that shaped her, grappling with a complex sense of home, identity, and belonging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Human Experience: \u003c\/b\u003e Lessing evokes the lives of both black and white people, caught together in a system that pits them against each other, in a country beloved by all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doris Lessing,David Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060976306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060976309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.29w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/1996 pg. 24","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443289567487,"sku":"9780060976309","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94cd8b20-f125-40cf-877d-ea3f5d234905.jpg?v=1777204527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/going-home-doris-lessing-9780060976309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}