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Nun wartet Antonia, die mit fünfzig noch immer attraktiv und schön ist, mit einer Handvoll Menschen auf das Ableben ihres todkranken Mannes. Die Monate vergehen, doch in der weißen Villa in Ruppertshain im Taunus herrscht eine merkwürdige Art von Stillstand. Um so mehr sind seine Bewohner erschüttert, als das erwartete Ereignis tatsächlich eintritt – und ihnen eröffnet wird, daß Haus und Park zutiefst verschuldet sind. Und schon werden aus alten Freunden Feinde, lauern die Finanzhaie darauf, den Besitz des ehemaligen Frankfurter Bankiers zu parzellieren und gewinnbringend zu vermarkten. Antonia aber weiß sich zu wehren.

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World War, 1914-1918 --- War widows --- Widowhood --- World War, 1914-1918

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Growing up in the Maragoli community in Kenya, Kenda Mutongi encountered a perplexing contradiction. While the young teachers at her village school railed against colonialism, many of her elders, including her widowed mother, praised their former British masters. In this moving book, Mutongi explores how both the challenges and contradictions of colonial rule and the frustrations and failures of independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other, their families, and the larger community. Throughout the twentieth century...

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