Praisesong for the Widow
by Paule Marshall
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- USED Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0525480986
- ISBN 13
- 9780525480983
- Seller
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Montclair, New Jersey, 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
- Montclair Book Center (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178246
- Title
- Praisesong for the Widow
- Author
- Paule Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- USED Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0525480986
- ISBN 13
- 9780525480983
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- April 1984
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....