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Brown girl, brownstones / Paule Marshall

By:

Marshall, Paule, , 1929-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications , 2009.Edition: Dover edDescription: iii, 268 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780486468327

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Feminist fiction

DDC classification:

FIC MAR

LOC classification:

PS3563.A7223 B7 2009

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021474

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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.

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