No Man in the House (signed)

Foster, Cecil

ISBN 10: 0394221125 / ISBN 13: 9780394221120

Published by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto / Boston, New York, 1991

About this Item

Signed by author on title page. Previous owner's name in ink on ffep, faint smudge on bottom edge, else near fine. DJ has piece (1 inch) missing along rear top edge, lightly surface rubbed, circular shadow from sticker on front, else very good.

Seller Inventory # 005232

Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Man in the House (signed)
• Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto / Boston, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394221125
• ISBN 13: 9780394221120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian
  • Fiction - General

About this title

Synopsis

As Barbados struggles for its independence from Great Britain in 1963, a young Black man born into abject poverty takes his first courageous steps toward creating a hopeful future

From the Inside Flap

ng story, rich in detail, told with great sensitivity and affection."
NEW YORK NEWSDAY
It is 1964. Howard lives a hand-to-mouth existence in the small island protectorate of Barbados with his brothers, two aunts, and his grandmother. He is waiting for his parents, who left for England long ago, to send for him. And as the sparks of independence crackle all around them, Howard's life changes forever when Mr. Bradshaw, a black headmaster, is hired for his school. Howard begins to blossom under Bradshaw's guidance, and learns that neither freedom nor knowledge comes without sacrifice, and that even battles won leave victims. In this beautiful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful novel, the fate of one Bajan family rests in the hands of change--change that only liberation and learning can bring.
From the Trade Paperback edition.