| Bruised Hibiscus Ballantine Edition Contributor(s): Nunez, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345451090 ISBN-13: 9780345451095 Publisher: One World OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: The year is 1954. A white woman's body, stuffed in a coconut bag, has washed ashore in Otatiti, Trinidad, and the British colony is rife with rumors. In two homes, one in a distant shantytown, the other on the outskirts of a former sugar cane estate, two women hear the news and their blood runs cold. Rosa, the white daughter of a landowner, and Zuela, the adopted "daughter" of a Chinese shop owner used to play together as girls--and witnessed something terrible behind a hibiscus bush many years ago. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The year is 1954. A white woman s body, stuffed in a coconut bag, has washed ashore in Otatiti, Trinidad, and the British colony is rife with rumors. In two homes, one in a distant shantytown, the other on the outskirts of a former sugar cane estate, two women hear the news and their blood runs cold. Rosa, the white daughter of a landowner, and Zuela, the adopted daughter of a Chinese shop owner used to play together as girls and witnessed something terrible behind a hibiscus bush many years ago." |
