| Brown Girl, Brownstones Contributor(s): Marshall, Paule (Author), Danticat, Edwidge (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1558614982 ISBN-13: 9781558614987 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: This beloved coming-of-age story set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II follows the life of Selina Boyce, the daughter of Caribbean immigrants. Author Danticat explores the novel's themes of identity, sexuality, and values as well as Selina's struggle against the racism and poverty surrounding her. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005029191 |
| Series: Contemporary Classics by Women (Feminist Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn. Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control. --The New Yorker An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears. --New York Herald Tribune Set in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and World War II, Brown Girl, Brownstones chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new country home. Selina Boyce is torn between the opposing aspirations of her parents: her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to dream of effortless success and his native island's lushness. Featuring a new foreword by Edwidge Danticat, this coming-of-age tale grapples with identity, sexuality, and changing values in a new country, as a young woman must reconcile tradition with potential and change. |