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PLAYING WITH FIRE 
Author:   Henning Mankell  
RRP:   $17.95
Online Price :  $16.16
10+ Copy Price :  $15.26         
20+ Copy Price :  $14.36
Format:   Paperback 
Type of Book:   Older Novel 
Age:   14+ 
ISBN:   9781865087146
Published:   18/07/2002
Availability:   Out Of Print
This title is no longer in print and is not in stock. You may still order this book and while it is not available currently, you can register an order. If it reprints within 2 years we will automatically supply your order. After 2 years your backorder for Out of Print titles will be deleted, unless you advise us otherwise.


DESCRIPTION:

In the night there was a blue world lit by the moon ... blue sand trickled between her fingers and swells of seawater moved inside her ... It was a dream, yet Sofia knew that her time had come. She was fifteen, and childhood was behind her.Sofia takes in sewing, and her older sister, Rosa, works in the vegetable plot to help their mother support their family. Rosa, is strong and beautiful, and she loves boys, and dancing - something that Sofia, with her crutches, will never be able to do. Sofia imagines a boy who will love her for herself - Moonboy - the boy who appears in the night. Then suddenly Rosa falls ill, and Sofia is afraid for her. Their mother puts her faith in African magic, but it's Sofia who must help Rosa face the reality of AIDS, and the difficult road ahead.Playing with Fire is a brave, moving and unflinchingly honest story set in Mozambique. It follows Henning Mankell's earlier novel about Sofia, the unforgettable Secrets in the Fire.



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