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Description for Annie John
Paperback. Annie John is growing up on the magical island of Antigua. It should be a sojourn in paradise for her but adolescence takes the brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries, and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
The island of Antigua is a magical place: growing up there should be a sojourn in paradise for young Annie John. But, as in the basket of green figs carried on her mother's head, there is a snake hidden somewhere within. Annie John begins by adoring her beautiful mother, but inexplicably she comes to hate her. Adolescence takes this brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries - and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home.
The island of Antigua is a magical place: growing up there should be a sojourn in paradise for young Annie John. But, as in the basket of green figs carried on her mother's head, there is a snake hidden somewhere within. Annie John begins by adoring her beautiful mother, but inexplicably she comes to hate her. Adolescence takes this brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries - and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099773818
SKU
9780099773818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
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About Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid's most recent books are Talk Stories, a compilation of her writing published in The New Yorker, and My Favourite Plant, an anthology of writing on plants which she edited. In 2000 she was awarded the Prix Femina Etranger for My Brother.
Reviews for Annie John
So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us...and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth
New York Times Book Review
An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer...thrilling
Susan Sontag
Movingly real...Its poetry is grounded in detail, in the lovingly rendered life of its adolescent heroine
Washington Post
So neon-bright that ... Read more
New York Times Book Review
An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer...thrilling
Susan Sontag
Movingly real...Its poetry is grounded in detail, in the lovingly rendered life of its adolescent heroine
Washington Post
So neon-bright that ... Read more