A History of Silence - A Memoir

Author(s): Lloyd Jones

New Zealand Literature | Literary biography

The 2011 earthquake which shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery - uncovering hardships endured and sorrows kept hidden. Grandparents never spoken of or met emerge from dusty archives as he unearths lives torn apart by tragedy and unspoken mysteries. Like the city that is exposed, Jones must come to terms with a history that is not one he may have imagined.

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780143569473
  • : Penguin Books
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 0.382
  • : August 2013
  • : 235x153mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lloyd Jones
  • : Paperback
  • : 1st Edition
  • : very good
  • : 273