Harriet's Daughter
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Book Overview
Margaret - a second generation West Indian immigrant - and Zulma - fresh from Tobago - become friends in this novel that challenges stereotypical notions of strong, matriarchal black mothers and poor, abused, powerless white women.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0435989243
ISBN13:9780435989248
Release Date:December 1988
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Harriet's Daughter
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The book deals with racial discrimination and how a young girl copes with it. However, more importantly the book is really about a dysfunctional family into which Harriet does not fit; her father dislikes her and keepts threatening to send her back to Jamaica and as well she has two sisters with whom she cannot associate. (like Cinderella and her stepsisters). The book is a good read for adolescent girls.
dreams and aspirations
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
TO HELP MARGARET HERBEST FRIEND GO BACK TO TOBAGO.
Chapter log
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Can i get a chapter log of Harriet's Daughter?
A good read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
While this wasn't the best written book that I've ever read, nor the most touching, it is definately worth reading. As a Jamaican, I could relate to Margaret's childhood and her father's constant threats to send her to Barbados and get some 'Good West Indian Discipline'. This book gives a good picture of a young girl's coming of age, I wish there was a part 2.
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