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Autobiography of My Mother
Autobiography of My Mother
Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid's new 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, was delivered to his laundress as an infant, bundled up like his clothes. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780452274662
ISBN-10: 0452274664
Publication Date: 1/1/1997
Pages: 240
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3.1 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Plume
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Jamaica Kincaid's haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. A story of love, fear, loss and the forging of character.
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Jamaida Kincaid conjures up the world of Dominica in all its beauty and casual cruelty, a world in which the magical coexists with the mundane, a world in which the ghosts of colonialism stil haunt the relationships between men and women.
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I could picture sitting on a porch and listening to this woman's life story. With a rich lyrical cadence to her voice and the mystery of one's thoughts and actions throughout life, it is a mesmerizing novel.
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havent read it but i might, it looks great


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