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A Bond of Life
	Author: Welleh KunArrobb Classification: Fantasy/Fiction Sorry this book is Out Of Print	Brief Description: For Nyallo, a little boy growing up in the Upper Nile region of war-torn southern Sudan, his small village and its inhabitants represented the whole universe. To him, the world outside, the world beyond the shadows, was a fairyland and only there did tragedy and pain exist. However, his eyes, blinded by childhood naivety, would soon be opened and there would be no turning back. With a curiosity and wisdom far greater than his years, Nyallo was forced to step across the line between fairytales and reality, to face painful truths and to smell death. Inspired and nurtured by the inner wisdom of his special friend, an elderly man who was weak in body but strong in spirit and soul, he embarked on a journey from boyhood to manhood, prepared to walk a difficult path that would lead him into the real world fearlessly, heralding a new dawn and the taste of freedom for a broken-spirited people. This is a moving and poignant story of survival in the grip of hopelessness, of the resilience of the soul through oppression, where songs of death and doom are reborn as songs of life and hope through the incredible gift of a deep and life-defining friendship.

Special Note: This book is now out of print.

About the Author: Welleh KunArrobb was born in Akock, a small village north east of Malakal in the Upper Nile province of Sudan, and grew up in Aworajock to the south, completing his primary school education in three different schools in Malakal between 1977 and 1983.
In 1983, at the age of 16, he fled to Khartoum to continue his schooling, leaving his family behind in the grip of war. In 1991 he sought sanctuary in Egypt, and in 1997 he gained a Batchelor of Arts degree at the University of Yaounde in Cameroon, West Africa.
He migrated to Canada in 1999 and three years later gained Canadian citizenship. He is now living in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Publication Date:	28 January 2005
ISBN: ISBN 13:	1-904444-22-9 978-1-904444-22-0
Page Extent:	100
Book Size:	210x148mm
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Publication Date:	28 January 2005
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A wonderful little book. A well told story which emcompasses much more than its meagre thirty seven pages. A tale of spirit and goodness winning over the vileness in some men's hearts and of the growth of a boy into a fine young man, influenced strongly by his beloved old 'grandfather'. Superb!
Robert Auty, Author of 'Trance Warriors: The Siege of Scarn'

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An incredible story testifying to the evolution of boyhood to manhood under terrible circumstances. If you want to read a book that shows how hope really can be borne on the wings of despair, then this is it. A well-constructed, moving tale that just begs for a sequel.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

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This book has clearly been written from the heart – and I was captured from the first word in the authors dedication to the last word. The story is beautifully written in a very innocent style and is one of those little gems that you will read again and again. In fact the reader may well feel compelled to read it more than once as the messages within the story are many and sometimes so subtle that you can be forgiven for missing them the first read through. Don’t let the amount of pages fool you into thinking this will be a quick read – because the story will fill you with images and thoughts that would fill a 1000 pages. This author has the gift of transposing the African way of storytelling into the written form - and I look forward to hearing more.
Catherine Cousins
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