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Peter Wood

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in Harare, Zimbabwe

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Memoir, Gay and Lesbian, Biography

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Peter Wood was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1962. He grew up on a farm called M’sitwe in the Lomagundi area of the country, near Umvukwes, spending the best part of his childhood running barefoot through the untamed bushveld with his brother and sister Duncan and Mandy. It was a wild part of the world and the children were often gone from dusk to dawn, exploring the 13,000-acre property, climbing rocky kopjes, exploring caves and camping along the rivers. Despite a civil war that ravaged the land until the end of white rule in 1980, these were salad days and many of Peter’s and his family’s adventures are described in Mud Between Your Toes.

Peter went to Umvukwes Junior School and then Prince Edward High School in Salisbury (now Harare). A ...more

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	Mud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm 4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Man by Peter Wood (Goodreads Author), Jo Cartwright (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Hit Back: A Coming of Age Story 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Mparntwe (Tales of the Terran Diaspora Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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