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The spirited daughter of an African writer and a British actress emerges from the shadow of poverty and her father's death to survive, until bigotry--her own as well as others'--leads her to make daring but destructive choices
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I was not there when Charlie Parker started playing between the notes; I could not be there when Billie Holiday pondered the fruit of southern trees ... but musicians aren't the only ones who sing, and I am here when Lucinda Roy makes her startling debut w (NIKKI GIOVANNI)
Roy has created a powerful character in Jacinta ... unflinchingly honest, Jacinta is by turns fascinating and infuriating but always fully human (LIBRARY JOURNAL)
A dazzling debut. Roy handles her complex plot with impressive authority as she tackles themes of racial identity, mental illness and female self-reliance (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)
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I was not there when Charlie Parker started playing between the notes; I could not be there when Billie Holiday pondered the fruit of southern trees ... but musicians aren't the only ones who sing, and I am here when Lucinda Roy makes her startling debut w (NIKKI GIOVANNI)
Roy has created a powerful character in Jacinta ... unflinchingly honest, Jacinta is by turns fascinating and infuriating but always fully human (LIBRARY JOURNAL)
A dazzling debut. Roy handles her complex plot with impressive authority as she tackles themes of racial identity, mental illness and female self-reliance (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)
* A hilarious and moving saga of three generations of spirited women set in London, America and Africa
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 006018244X
- ISBN 13 9780060182441
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages382
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