The other side of silence
by André Philippus Brink · 2002
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As a small child in wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about escaping from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service. She joins a shipload of young women transported in the early years of the 20th century to the colony of South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers.
Women colonistsFictionYoung womenColoniesWomen prisonersGermansHistoryFiction, historical, generalAfrica, fictionYoung women, fictionGerman coloniesRoman