| He Drown She in the Sea Contributor(s): Mootoo, Shani (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802142605 ISBN-13: 9780802142603 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Set on a fictional Caribbean island during World War II and in modern-day Vancouver, He Drown She in the Sea is the spellbinding story of two childhood friends reunited late in life. As children, Rose Sangha and her housekeeper's son, Harry, are inseparable, blissfully unaware of the subtleties of class hierarchy until the night Harry is banished from the Sangha home. When Harry and Rose meet again in Canada years later, the gulf separating them is not so apparent. They have a life-affirming affair and Rose dares to reroute their destinies. This is a hunting, sensuous, and suspenseful story about love against all odds, and the sacrifice and euphoria that come with defying the life one is born into. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004065653 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - British Columbia - Locality - Vancouver, British Columbia - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set on a fictional Caribbean island during World War II and in modern-day Vancouver, He Drown She in the Sea is the spellbinding story of two childhood friends reunited late in life. As children, Rose Sangha and her housekeeper's son, Harry, are inseparable, blissfully unaware of the subtleties of class hierarchy until the night Harry is banished from the Sangha home. When Harry and Rose meet again in Canada years later, the gulf separating them is not so apparent. They have a life-affirming affair and Rose dares to reroute their destinies. This is a haunting, sensuous, and suspenseful story about love against all odds, and the sacrifice and euphoria that come with defying the life one is born into. |