Brown girl, brownstones / Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington.
"Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Old Westbury, N.Y. :
Feminist Press,
[1981]
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| Edition: | First Feminist Press edition. |
| Series: | Contemporary classics by women.
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| Summary: | "Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 324 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0912670967 9780912670966 1558611495 9781558611498 9781558614987 1558614982 |