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Brown Girl, Brownstones
The beloved coming-of-age novel about a Brooklyn girlhood that heralded a renaissance in Black womenās literature more than sixty years ago, with a new foreword by Nicole Dennis-Benn, the bestselling author of Patsy and Here Comes the Sun
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
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Brown Girl, Brownstones
The beloved coming-of-age novel about a Brooklyn girlhood that heralded a renaissance in Black womenās literature more than sixty years ago, with a new foreword by Nicole Dennis-Benn, the bestselling author of Patsy and Here Comes the Sun
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
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The beloved coming-of-age novel about a Brooklyn girlhood that heralded a renaissance in Black womenās literature more than sixty years ago, with a new foreword by Nicole Dennis-Benn, the bestselling author of Patsy and Here Comes the Sun
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
Selina Boyce comes of age in 1940s Brooklyn as the daughter of two Barbadian immigrantsāa father she adores and who dreams of nothing but his return to his homeland, and a mother she admires and who is determined to purchase their New York City brownstone. When her father comes into an unexpected inheritance, her parentsā opposing desires set in motion the familyās collapse and Selinaās own self-realization amid the warring ideals and identities of her Black Caribbean community. With Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall pioneered a revolution in Black womenās writing, paving the way for Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, and June Jordan in the 1970s. With this new edition of her debut novel, she finally takes her rightful place in the American literary canon.
