| River's Song, the [peepal Tres] PB Contributor(s): Bishop, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845230388 ISBN-13: 9781845230388 Publisher: Peepal Tree Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 Annotation: This engaging coming-of-age novel looks back over the idyllic Jamaican girlhood and the both alienating and transforming experience of winning a scholarship to the most prestigious girls' boarding school on the island. Atypical of Caribbean literature because of its description of a young girl's sexual awakening, the novel offers poetic descriptions of rural and urban Jamaica and delightful characterizations of warm and lively women, including the narrator's mother, grandmother, and neighbors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.48" W x 8.46" (0.57 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This engaging coming-of-age novel looks back over the idyllic Jamaican girlhood and the both alienating and transforming experience of winning a scholarship to the most prestigious girls' boarding school on the island. Atypical of Caribbean literature because of its description of a young girl's sexual awakening, the novel offers poetic descriptions of rural and urban Jamaica and delightful characterizations of warm and lively women, including the narrator's mother, grandmother, and neighbors. |