Praise-Song for the Widow
by Paule Marshall
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. White lettering on brown covers in a tan pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 256pp. Light Ex-library stamps on the top & bottom edges.
Synopsis
Praisesong for the Widow is a novel by Paule Marshall which takes place in the mid seventies, chronicling the life of Avey Johnson, a sixty-four year old African American widow on a physical and emotional journey in the Caribbean island of Carriacou. Throughout the novel, there are many flashbacks to Avey's earlier life experiences with her late husband, Jerome Johnson, as well as childhood events that reconnect her with her lost cultural roots.
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- Seller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 013565
- Title
- Praise-Song for the Widow
- Author
- Paule Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 256
- Keywords
- fiction
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