The True History of Paradise: A Novel
by Cezair-Thompson, Margaret
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- Paperback
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812979834
- ISBN 13
- 9780812979831
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Synopsis
It is 1981. Jean Landing secretly plans to flee her beloved Jamaica--the only home her family has ever known, a place now rife with political turmoil. But before she can make her final preparations, she receives devastating news: Lana, her sister, is dead. The country's state of emergency leaves no time to arrange a proper funeral. Even Jean's mother, Monica, who hadn't spoken to Lana in more than a decade, cannot fully embrace her grief. The tragedy only underscores Jean's need to leave an island that holds no promise of a future. Her harrowing journey to freedom across a battered landscape takes Jean through a terrain of memories: of her childhood, with a detached mother at odds with an adoring father, of her complex bond with Lana, and of the friends and lovers who have shaped and shared her days. Epic in scope, The True History of Paradise poignantly portrays the complexities of family and racial identity in a troubled Eden.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SOL12729
- Title
- The True History of Paradise: A Novel
- Author
- Cezair-Thompson, Margaret
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812979834
- ISBN 13
- 9780812979831
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2009-07-14
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