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The Autobiography of My Mother

Paperback • 2022 • English

The Autobiography of My Mother

By Jamaica Kincaid

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About the book

Xuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother. Xuela's vivid, visceral recollections of the lonely, unsettled life that follows the trauma of her arrival include that of her distant father, who sends her away to another household at the earliest opportunity; of her passion for the stevedore Roland, who fulfils her sexually but not intellectually; and of her husband, who provides her wi...Show more

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ISBN

9781529076752

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

The Autobiography of My Mother

Format

Paperback

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