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A simple distance / a novel by K.E. Silva.
Van Pelt Library PS3619.I5443 S55 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silva, K. E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- West Indians.
- United States.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- West Indians--United States--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 188 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Akashic Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- When Jean Sousa's uncle, a high-ranking politician on the fictional Caribbean island of Baobique, is diagnosed with brain cancer, Jean is forced to reconcile difficult family relationships and her place among them. Kimberly Silva was born and raised in the Midwestern United States, her parents in the West Indies, where her mother returned over a decade ago. Silva lives and writes in northern California, where she also practices civil rights law. This is her first novel.
- ISBN:
- 1933354119
- OCLC:
- 75658720
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