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Born in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is married and has four children including Rosie Gray. He graduated from Williams College in 1968.
I live on Cape Cod with my wife – all the kids up and grown now – and dogs Dottie and Pearl. Dogs are a big part of our life and there’s no way I could have written C&B without them. Dottie and Pearl are the kind of researchers writers dream of, showing up every day and working for treats.
While working in London, Abrahams lived with his wife Daphne in Loughton, whilst meeting several important black leaders and writers. Hoping to make his way as a writer, he faced considerable challenges as a South African, as Carol Polsgrove has shown in her history, Ending British Rule: Writers in a Common Cause (2009).
- Peter Abrahams
- 1956
Jan 4, 2022 · Sarai began her life in the pagan world of Ur, in the land of the Chaldees, which was located in the area now known as Iraq. She was the half-sister, as well as the wife, of Abram, who would be called Abraham. Sarai and Abram had the same father but different mothers, according to Genesis 20:12.
Mar 13, 2012 · Why do you think Sarah went along with Abraham’s “Tell them you’re my sister” plan? Historical Insight: Why did Abram use the “Tell them you’re my sister” plan? One historian said that if a married man of Abram’s day found himself in enemy territory, he could be killed for his wife.
Peter Abrahams (born March 3, 1919, Vrededorp, near Johannesburg, South Africa—died January 18, 2017, Kingston, Jamaica) was a South African-born writer who penned perceptive and powerful novels about the injustices and complexities of racial politics.
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Feb 21, 2017 · South African History Online. South African literary icon and Pan-Africanist, Peter Henry Abrahams, died in his adopted home of Jamaica on January 18 2017. He was 97. The author of some 12...
