The true history of paradise

Margaret Cezair-Thompson

Original title: The True History of Paradise

first published 1999 Dutton, 1999 334 pages

It is 1981. Jean Landing secretly plans to flee her beloved Jamaica--the only home her family has ever known, a place now rife with political turmoil. But before she can make her final preparations, she receives devastating news: Lana, her sister, is dead. The country's state of emergency leaves no time to arrange a proper funeral. Even Jean's mother, Monica, who hadn't spoken to Lana in more than a decade, cannot fu...

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The True History of Paradise edition · 2010 · Random House Publishing Group · 368 pages · 9780307755599
The true history of paradise edition · 2010 · Magna · 490 pages · 9780750531801
True History of Paradise paperback · 2009 · Headline Review · 448 pages · 9780755347049
True History of Paradise edition · 2008 · Headline Publishing Group · 9780755347056
The true history of paradise edition · 1999 · Dutton · 334 pages
True History of Paradise edition · Taylor & Francis Group · 9780755348954

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