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Cradle of Lightning: A Story of Botswana

Duration
8H 40min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

It is 1972 and Alicia Talbot, a Vietnam war widow with a two-year-old son, has traveled to the poor, mostly illiterate nation of Botswana to teach English. At the nearby border, civil war roils Rhodesia. Alicia’s remote school harbors a saboteur, someone runs guns to Rhodesian guerrillas, and students sense the rising tension. Alicia falls for a new teacher, Jake Hunter, but just when romance seems possible, the sunbaked Kalahari Desert and guerrilla warfare threaten all she loves.

© 2025 Francine Walls (Audiobook): 9798228465060

Release date

Audiobook: 8 April 2025

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