Bibliograph

Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington

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Brown girl, brownstones, Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Brown girl, brownstones

Oclc number

8069815

Responsibility statement

Paule Marshall ; with an afterword by Mary Helen Washington

Series statement

Contemporary classics by women

Summary

"Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover

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