by Jamaica Kincaid · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780452260160
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«Annie John» is the coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (148 pages, in English).
Annie John grows up in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean, in years marked by closeness with her mother. As she reaches adolescence, that relationship becomes conflictive and the young woman begins to question the norms of her community and school authority. The narrative portrays the loss of childhood and the search for one's own identity.
«Annie John» was originally published in 1985, was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the fiction category, and this edition is from 1986.
Of interest to those seeking stories of growth and of relationships between mothers and daughters.
Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan–American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. Born in St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, she lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence Emerita at Harvard University.
