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Paperback Family Book

ISBN: 0807612502

ISBN13: 9780807612507

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The story of a young Jamaican girl, Gwendolen Brillianton, who is born into poverty and deserted by her parents when they emigrate to London. Being reunited with her parents and the siblings she has never met does not end her problems, and she realizes she must must fight her family and take control of her own life in order to recover from abuse and take pride in her self. Originally published as Gwendolen.

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Captivating

Ms Buchi Emecheta is indeed one of the leading lights documenting the experience of Africans in the diaspora.She is indeed gifted.In this book which deals with the gradual emigration of a Jamaican family to England and the trials and tribulations they face there.It also deals with the issue of sexual abuse and incest and the damage it has on the family. The main character is a girl who lived with her grandmother in Jamaica for some years before joining her parents in England.It also has as a subtheme how the Black immigrants generally live in the U.K.I would indeed recommend it wholeheartedly to everybody.When you talk about Interpreters of Maladies the award winning book know that Ms Emecheta was indeed making chronicles of the African experience in the diaspora 20 years before that.
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