{"product_id":"9781482861174","title":"I Am My Father's Child","description":"The story is about a young girl by the name of Nobomvu and her father Mr. Mxgekwa.\u003cp\u003eMr. and Mrs. Mgxekwa were an elderly Xhosa couple(late fifties) that often worked out of town as farmers but resided in the rural village called Cofimvaba at the Eastern Cape in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey worked as farmers for a long time and they both had no educational background, but they were well mannered and lived in harmony with other community members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn that old age Mrs. Mxgekwa bore a baby girl, which was a surprise to many as no one including her husband was aware that she was pregnant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child was genetically different from her family; hence she was named Nobomvu, meaning the red one. She was literally a white child, in the black family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe non resemblance of Nobomvu and her genetic indifference brought about a lot of unanswerable questions that resulted to confusion and tension with relatives and within the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Nobomvu Mxgekwa- is Christian fiction that is inspired by true life stories. The contents of the story consist of parables that portray the application of the word of God: The parable is known as an earthly story with the heavenly meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Partridge Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49873772183792,"sku":"9781482861174","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482861174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}