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9781845231132 | Peepal Tree Pr Ltd, June 1, 2009, cover price $16.95

Born and raised in Jamaica, Patricia Powell emigrated to the USA and in 1991 became Assistant Professor Creative of Writing at the University of Massachusetts. Written when she was 19, this novel spans two decades and interweaves the voices and perspectives of three generations of Jamaican women.
By Edwidge Danticat (introduced by) and Patricia Powell

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9780807083659 | Beacon Pr, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.00
9780435989354 | Heinemann, November 1, 1993, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Born and raised in Jamaica, Patricia Powell emigrated to the USA and in 1991 became Assistant Professor Creative of Writing at the University of Massachusetts.

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9780807083673 | Beacon Pr, December 1, 2003, cover price $15.00
9780435989361 | Heinemann, December 1, 1994, cover price $9.95

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9781410771483 | Authorhouse, October 1, 2003, cover price $9.95

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A rich and sensual evocation of the complex exotic world of Jamaica early in the century follows Mr. Lowe, a Chinese immigrant woman passing as a man, who enters into an arranged marriage with a black woman named Miss Sylvie. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. PW.

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9780679454892 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1998, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Lowe, an immigrant who flees China in the 1890s to seek a better life in Jamaica, finds adventure, estrangement, scandal, and romance as he becomes the owner of a small shop and plays a role in the building of the Pagoda, a school where Chinese workers learn about their history and are assimilated into Jamaican life

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9780156008297, titled "The Pagoda: A Novel" | Mariner Books, November 1, 1999, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Lowe, an immigrant who flees China in the 1890s to seek a better life in Jamaica, finds adventure, estrangement, scandal, and romance as he becomes the owner of a small shop and plays a role in the building of the Pagoda, a school where Chinese workers learn about their history and are assimilated into Jamaican life

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Product Description: Louise discovered, even as a child, that she was having prophetic dreams, and often was frightened by contacts with the spiritual world. Her ancestry is Mohawk and Lenni-Lenape, famous for their psychic abilities. She tells about her family life with Mama, Papa, chums, family pets and strange happenings that keep one turning pages...read more

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9780879612078 | Naturegraph Pub, November 1, 1989, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Louise discovered, even as a child, that she was having prophetic dreams, and often was frightened by contacts with the spiritual world.

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