Brown Girl, Brownstones

Paule Marshall

Original title: Brown girl, brownstones

first published 1959 Dover Publications, 2009 238 pages

"Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and pover...

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Brown Girl, Brownstones edition · 2009 · Dover Publications · 238 pages
Brown girl, brownstones edition · 2006 · The Feminist Press · 304 pages · 9781558614987
Brown Girl, Brownstones paperback · 1996 · The Feminist Press · 324 pages · 9781558611498
Brown girl, brownstones edition · 1981 · The Feminist Press · 324 pages
Brown girl, brownstones. edition · 1972 · Chatham Bookseller · 310 pages

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