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Poor Man's Caper
Growing up and being educated in Kenya between World War II and Independence might not have been that unusual, but Edwina’s experiences are considerably enlivened by her parents whose unpredictable tactics undoubtedly make this a humorous and engaging account.
Edwina’s parents, Chippy and Jean, never saw any obstacle to their adventures, thereby ensuring that Edwina’s two older sisters witnessed and endured the fall of Hong Kong during the war. The rest of them, three more girls, were in Kenya in time to live through the Mau Mau uprising. But they all survived, in every sense of the word, despite taking part in some truly incredible enterprises, that hardly ever worked, sprung on them by their ever enthusiastic father.
Following military life, the family went on to a canning factory, a fertilizer factory, farming, a country club and a school, with improbable exploits arising from each move and every job taken by their father.
It was a make do and mend way of life that, regardless of the hardships and uncertainties, was often hilarious and served as an education in itself.
ISBN: 9781852002060
Size: 217x140mm
Binding: hardback
35 photos
Length: 339pp
About the author:
Edwina Wood
Edwina Wood worked in the British High Commission in India and Kenya, and in England ran a small property business with a friend in Plymouth. She has travelled in diplomatic postings with her husband to London, Namibia and Tanzania.
As an artist she has been represented by galleries in Namibia and Perth, and set up and organised TanzHands, an arts and crafts fair in Tanzania, and also a successful art show in Dar es Salaam. She now shares a small vintage clothing/jewellery business in Franktown, Ontario.
