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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613030595
ISBN-10
0613030591
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$20.40
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Narrated by an elderly West Indian woman looking back on her life, a story beginning at the height of imperialism and ending as colonialism fades deals with sex, human relations, and the interplay of power and powerlessness. By the author of Annie John. 75,000 first printing. Tour.
Editions
Hardcover
With Christian Schnee |
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (January 1, 1997)
9780374107321 | details & prices | List price $20.00
This edition also contains Political Reputation Management: The Strategy Myth
About: Jamaica Kincaid's new novel is narrated by a seventy-year old West Indian woman looking back on her life and evoking the relationships that have given it meaning.
This edition also contains Political Reputation Management: The Strategy Myth
About: Jamaica Kincaid's new novel is narrated by a seventy-year old West Indian woman looking back on her life and evoking the relationships that have given it meaning.
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (January 1, 1996)
9780374107314 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $20.00
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
Paperback
Reprint edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (May 7, 2013)
9780374531874 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $14.00
Reprint edition from Plume (January 1, 1997)
9780452274662 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
Cassette/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Airplay Inc (January 1, 1996)
9781885608093 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.25 × 1.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $21.95
About: "The mesmerizing, harrowing, richly metaphorical autobiography of 70-year-old Xuela Claudette Richardson.
About: "The mesmerizing, harrowing, richly metaphorical autobiography of 70-year-old Xuela Claudette Richardson.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (October 30, 2004)
9780606299916 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $23.50
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613030595 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $20.40
About: Narrated by an elderly West Indian woman looking back on her life, a story beginning at the height of imperialism and ending as colonialism fades deals with sex, human relations, and the interplay of power and powerlessness.
About: Narrated by an elderly West Indian woman looking back on her life, a story beginning at the height of imperialism and ending as colonialism fades deals with sex, human relations, and the interplay of power and powerlessness.
from Turtleback Books (January 1, 1997); titled "Autobiography of My Mother"
9781417636204 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $25.80
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
About: A seventy-year-old West Indian woman looks back over the course of her life and examines the relationships that have given meaning to her existence
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