The Autobiography of My Mother
by Kincaid, Jamaica
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0452274664
- ISBN 13
- 9780452274662
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Synopsis
Jamaica Kincaid's novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, grows up in a harsh, loveless world after her mother dies in childbirth. Xuela’s narrative provides a rich, vivid exploration of the Caribbean and the pervasive influence of colonialism. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution evoked in startling and magical poetry.
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- Magers and Quinn Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 628575
- Title
- The Autobiography of My Mother
- Author
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452274664
- ISBN 13
- 9780452274662
- Publisher
- Penguin USA
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1997-01-01
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