Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this 1953 coming-of-age novel centers on the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. "Passionate, compelling." — Saturday Review. "Remarkable for its courage." — The New Yorker.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780486468327
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 01-15-2009
Pages: 272
Product Dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)
About the Author
Paule Marshall is the recipient of numerous honors, including a John Dos Passos Award for Literature, an American Book Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. She holds a distinguished chair in the creative writing program at New York University.
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