Till the Sun Grows Cold

'McCune intereaves the story of her own upbringing in Assam and disastrous marriage with that of her magnetic and vivacious daughter, meditating poignantly on what it means for a mother to ''outlive her children, to bury them in the earth and walk away.''' Daily Telegraph

Préface
A highly unusual adventure and love story interwoven with Maggie McCune's own extraordinary life

Auteur
Maggie McCune was born in Quetta, India, in 1942. Having attended boarding school in England she returned to India in 1962 where she met and married her husband; the family then came back to live in North Yorkshire. Maggie's career, apart from bringing up her four children single-handedly, has included a variety of jobs in schools, a fine art auctioneer and a publishing house.

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Paperback edition of McCune's account of her daughter's life. Emma McCune not only fell in love with Africa, in 1991 she married a Sudanese warlord, commander of the People's Liberation Army. For two years she worked with children made homeless by the conflict, and then she was tragically killed in a car accident in Nairobi. "An absorbing read... an exotic love story" "Spectator". 16pp b/w photos.

Résumé
A highly unusual adventure and love story interwoven with Maggie McCune's own extraordinary life