Unburnable
Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian Baptiste fled Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival—songs about a village on a mountaintop littered with secrets, masquerades that supposedly fly and wreak havoc, and a man who suddenly and mysteriously dropped dead. After twenty years away, Lillian returns to her native island to face the demons of her past—and with the help of Teddy, a man who has loved her for many years, she may yet find a way to heal.Set in both contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica,…
Mehr
CHF 10.79
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-06-197788-6
- EAN: 9780061977886
- Produktnummer: 29231913
- Verlag: Harpercollins E-Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Antigua native Marie-Elena John graduated as the City College of New York's first black woman valedictorian and later earned a master's degree from Columbia University. A former Africa development specialist, she lives with her husband and two children in Washington, D.C., and Antigua.
1 weiteres Werk von Marie-Elena John:
Bewertungen
Anmelden