Brown Girl, Brownstones

by Paule Marshall

Overview

Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, Brown Girl, Brownstones is the enduring story of a most extraordinary young woman. Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants, is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wants to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her. Moving and powerful, Brown Girl, Brownstones is both a classic coming-of-age tale and a vivid portrait of one family's struggle to achieve the American Dream.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614276135
Publisher:	Martino Fine Books
Publication date:	04/14/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Paule Marshall grew up in Brooklyn and barbados. She has published four novels and a book of short stories in career dating back to Random House's publication of BROWN GIRL in 1959. She has received the John Dos Passos Award for Literature and an American Book Award, and was an honoree of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Marshall teaches creative writing at New York University. Danticat is author of a volume of short stories and two novels, BREATH, EYES, MEMORY and THE FARMING OF THE BONES. Her books have been translated into seven languages.

Table of Contents

Book 1. A Long Day and a Long Night
Book 2. Pastorale
Book 3. The War
Book 4. Selina

Editorial Reviews

Set in Depression-era Brooklyn, NY, this 1959 coming-of-age novel finds Selina Boyce caught in the middle of her immigrant parents. Mom wants Selina to get an American education, while dad dreams of returning to Barbados. Along with her parental woes, our heroine must deal with the poverty and racism that surrounds her. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

These people live and you go there with them through their woe and their joy. Here, ah, here is a book with characters in it. -- Esquire

Dorothy Parker