Brown girl, brownstones
Marshall, Paule , 1929-
Brown girl, brownstones / Paule Marshall - Dover ed. - Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications , 2009. - iii, 268 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1959.
Set in Depression-era Brooklyn, NY, this 1959 coming-of-age novel finds Selina Boyce caught in the middle of her immigrant parents. Mom wants Selina to get an American education, while dad dreams of returning to Barbados. Along with her parental woes, our heroine must deal with the poverty and racism that surrounds her.
9780486468327
2008033355
Young women----Fiction
African American women----Fiction
Tme travel---Fiction
Feminist fiction
PS3563.A7223 / B7 2009
FIC MAR
Brown girl, brownstones / Paule Marshall - Dover ed. - Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications , 2009. - iii, 268 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1959.
Set in Depression-era Brooklyn, NY, this 1959 coming-of-age novel finds Selina Boyce caught in the middle of her immigrant parents. Mom wants Selina to get an American education, while dad dreams of returning to Barbados. Along with her parental woes, our heroine must deal with the poverty and racism that surrounds her.
9780486468327
2008033355
Young women----Fiction
African American women----Fiction
Tme travel---Fiction
Feminist fiction
PS3563.A7223 / B7 2009
FIC MAR