Brown girl, brownstones
Brown girl, brownstones1959
About this book
"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 poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover.
Details
- First published
- 1959
- Pages
- 324
- ISBN-13
- 9780912670966
- OL Work ID
- OL15829612W
Subjects
Young womenWest Indian AmericansFictionFeminist fictionDomestic fictionFictieCaribische literatuur1000blackgirlbooksYoung women, fictionFiction, family lifeNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, womenIndians of north america, fictionFiction, psychologicalFiction, generalWomen, biographyBarbadian AmericansLiterature