{"product_id":"mud-between-your-toes-a-rhodesian-farm-paperback-2","title":"Mud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlimpse a life filled with contradictions, discoveries, and passion in Peter Wood's fascinating new memoir, \u003ci\u003eMud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful story about a teenage boy growing up during the Rhodesian Bush War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Wood is an African. He is white, but he also holds a Chinese passport. And he is also gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up during the 1970s on his family's farm in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Peter was swiftly introduced to a harsh world in which friends and relatives were murdered in ambushes-and the line between blacks and whites was drawn in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs travel bans and UN sanctions caused a deepening chasm between his country and the rest of the world, Peter struggled with his identity as a white Rhodesian and later in life, when living in London, he nurtured his skills as a photographer-and finally found the courage to come out as gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a twenty-year resident of Hong Kong and an official Chinese national, Peter is arguably the only white, gay, African man in China. But his wildly entertaining anecdotes delve much deeper than that superficial-yet admittedly fascinating-label. These stories, based largely on Peter's childhood diary entries, offer insight into the universal human experience: from tragedies and triumphs to catastrophes and, perhaps most importantly, joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Wood was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Southern Africa, in 1962. After leaving high school to join the army for a year, he wound up in London, where he began a successful career in photography. This eventually took him to Hong Kong-which he has called home for the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWood's unique upbringing, as well as his identification as a gay white African, ultimately inspired him to write his memoir, \u003ci\u003eMud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408930717917,"sku":"9781518830730","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/SlpIK1lqZnZzaXlIa3U5VmlESjJOUT09_82f230fd-cbc4-437e-9efe-e03d91945dc7.webp?v=1771150285","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/mud-between-your-toes-a-rhodesian-farm-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}