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Jamaica Kincaid's novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, grows up in a harsh, loveless world after her mother dies in childbirth. Xuela’s narrative provides a rich, vivid exploration of the Caribbean and the pervasive influence of colonialism. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution evoked in startling and magical poetry.
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The autobiography of my mother, Jamaica Kincaid
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 228
- ISBN10
- 0452274664
- ISBN13
- 9780452274662
- Series
- Collection
- A plume book
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women, USA, American Literature, Race, Racism, Caribbean, Discrimination
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- The Autobiography of My Mother
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Jamaica Kincaid's novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, grows up in a harsh, loveless world after her mother dies in childbirth. Xuela’s narrative provides a rich, vivid exploration of the Caribbean and the pervasive influence of colonialism. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution evoked in startling and magical poetry.