Brown girl, brownstones / Paule Marshall.
"Selina's mother wants to stay in Brooklyn and earn enough money to buy a brownstone row house, but her father dreams only of returning to his island home. Torn between a romantic nostalgia for the past and a driving ambition for the future, Selina also faces the everyday burdens of povert...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Mineola, New York :
Dover Publications,
2009.
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| Edition: | Dover edition. |
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| Summary: | "Selina's mother wants to stay in Brooklyn and earn enough money to buy a brownstone row house, but her father dreams only of returning to his island home. Torn between a romantic nostalgia for the past and a driving ambition for the future, Selina also faces the everyday burdens of poverty and racism. Written by and about an African-American woman, this coming-of-age story unfolds during the Depression and World War II. Its setting -- a close-knit community of immigrants from Barbados -- is drawn from the author's own experience, as are the lilting accents and vivid idioms of the characters' speech. Paule Marshall's 1959 novel was among the first to portray the inner life of a young female African-American, as well as depicting the cross-cultural conflict between West Indians and American blacks. It remains a vibrant, compelling tale of self-discovery."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "This Dover edition, first published in 2009, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Random House, New York, in 1959." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0486118606 9780486118604 |
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