Praisesong for the widow
by Marshall, Paule
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- LIKE NEW
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Seller
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Roeland Park, Kansas, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- BookQuest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80128
- Title
- Praisesong for the widow
- Author
- Marshall, Paule
- Format/Binding
- SOFTCOVER
- Book Condition
- New LIKE NEW
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Publisher
- Putnam's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- African American women / Americans / Fiction / Grenadian Americans / Ocean travel / Women travelers / Granadian Americans / Race identity / Widows / African Americans / Travel / Social life and customs / Caribbean Women authors / Women / Avey Johnson (Fic
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