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Synopsis
While on her annual Caribbean cruise, Avey Johnson, a Black, middle-aged widow, finds her comfortable life unraveling and embarks on another voyage, an odyssey in search of spiritual and cultural regeneration
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About the Author
Paule Mashall is the author of Brown Girl, Brownstones, The Chosen Place, The Timeless People, Praisesong for the Widow, Soul Clap Hands and Sing, Reena and Other Stories, and Daughters. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she is now Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
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Novel by Paule Marshall, published in 1983. Recently widowed Avey (Avatara) Johnson, a wealthy, middle-aged African-American woman, undergoes a spiritual rebirth and finds a vital connection to her past while visiting an island in the Caribbean. Marshall portrays the special anguish of certain blacks who, in their drive to achieve material success, have lost touch with their heritage. Well-received by critics, the work was often compared to the novels of Toni Morrison. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
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- PublisherVirago Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 086068458X
- ISBN 13 9780860684589
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Black, middle aged, middle class, widowed, given to wearing hats, gloves and pearls. She takes her annual cruise the Caribbean, but this time it is different,  a harrowing odyssey into a past strips away all pretensions, bringing Avey Johnson finally to an understanding of what she has lost  and found. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. The book is a very good secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, and bookseller sticker on the rear panel. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Women & Feminism; Contemporary Fiction; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 086068458X. ISBN/EAN: 9780860684589. Inventory No: 0256934. Seller Inventory # 0256934
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