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      The Silicon Tongue

      by Beryl Fletcher
      Published
      Aug 1996
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      236
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      The Silicon Tongue is centred on the life and times of London-born Alice who was brought to New Zealand as a servant in the 1930s. Tricked by the authorities into believing that she was an orphan, Alice tells her story into the tape recorder of a mysterious oral historian and discloses family secrets of rape and adoption. She discovers a kinship with a teenage nethead called Pixel and learns that old women can fly in cyberspace along with the young. Meanwhile, Alice's daughter Joy, finds out that when it comes to family stories, there is always more than one version of the truth.

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      General Fiction

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      LGBTQ

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      Aug 1996 Spinifex Press ISBN13 9781875559497 ISBN10 1875559493
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      Jul 1996 Spinifex Press ISBN13 9781742191768 ISBN10 1742191762
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      Aug 1996 Spinifex Press ISBN10 B00295XKN8
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