In Search Of Africa

Frank Coates

Jan 2010 · Sold by HarperCollins Australia

About this ebook

Two countries in turmoil, two lives betrayed and one love that links them.
Kip Balmain, a young Australian boy taken to a small town in Africa, finds himself caught up in the violence of colonial Kenya. As the country struggles towards independence, Kip also struggles to understand his mother's vindictive hatred of the father he has never met - and resolves to uncover the mystery of his parentage. In Uganda, Rose Nasonga, a girl at risk after her idyllic village life becomes a nightmare of civil war, uses her beauty to escape into the world of fashion, but learns that her new life can be equally destructive.Out of the horrors of war, across the boundaries of time and race, Kip and Rose discover that their lives are mysteriously linked. And that the paths they travel alone, and ultimately together, lead them inexorably to their greatest discovery. 'robust adventure ... Coates does a fine job suffusing his novel with Eastern Africa's postwar history' tHE AGE 'powerfully recreates the turbulent past' COURIER-MAIL

Ratings and reviews

Great story, characters you connect with, a love story, and 2 families connected them torn apart. Loved the Aussie connection. And it was free?! I am now going to download your other books. Thanks

A compelling read and very intense. It reveals the real truth behind the atrocoties committed on the African continent yet also shows how people from all walks of life can be brought together in a common cause.

About the author

Frank Coates was born in Melbourne and for many years worked as a telecommunications engineer in Australia and overseas. In 1989 he was appointed as UN technical specialist in Nairobi, Kenya, and spent nearly four years working, travelling and researching in Africa. Frank now lives in Sydney. This is his fifth novel.