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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Chatham Bookseller
Publication date
June 1, 1959
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780911860115
ISBN-10
0911860118
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$7.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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"An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears." ÂThe New York Herald Tribune
Now including a new foreword by the prolific Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, Brown Girl, Brownstones is the work of one of Americaâs finest contemporary black women writers.
Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, it chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new country home. Selina Boyce, the novelâs memorable heroine, is conflicted by the opposing aspirations of her parents: her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to dream of effortless success and his native islandâs lushness. Eventually, in this coming-of-age story, Selina must forge her own identity, sexuality, and sense of values in her new country and reconcile group tradition with individual potential.
Now including a new foreword by the prolific Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, Brown Girl, Brownstones is the work of one of Americaâs finest contemporary black women writers.
Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, it chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new country home. Selina Boyce, the novelâs memorable heroine, is conflicted by the opposing aspirations of her parents: her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to dream of effortless success and his native islandâs lushness. Eventually, in this coming-of-age story, Selina must forge her own identity, sexuality, and sense of values in her new country and reconcile group tradition with individual potential.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Chatham Bookseller (June 1, 1959)
9780911860115 | details & prices | List price $7.95
About: "An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.
About: "An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears.
Paperback
from Dover Pubns (January 15, 2009)
9780486468327 | details & prices | 268 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $11.95
With Edwidge Danticat (other contributor), Mary Helen Washington (other contributor) |
from Feminist Pr (July 1, 2006)
9781558614987 | details & prices | 319 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $16.95
from Feminist Pr (January 1, 1996)
9781558611498 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between two cultures
About: Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between two cultures
from Feminist Pr (October 1, 1981)
9780912670966 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $10.95
About: Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between two cultures
About: Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between two cultures
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