Dancing Nude in the Moonlight - Softcover

Hillhouse, Joanne C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554831407 ISBN 13: 9781554831401

Publisher: Insomniac Press, 2014

Synopsis

Young Dominican single mother Selena Cruz is trying to make a new life for herself in Antigua, dealing with prejudice, poverty, and her interfering sister. When she meets handsome cricket coach Michael Lindo, her world is turned upside down. The course of true love is never smooth, and Michael and Selena’s story is no exception as they try to bridge the gap between their two cultures and their personal expectations of love. Romantic and delightful, this novella by Joanne C. Hillhouse looks at immigration and cross-cultural relationships in a warm and very human way. Dancing Nude in the Moonlight was first published in 2004, and it is reissued here along with selected poems and stories from Joanne C. Hillhouse’s wide collection of work. She has been published in Caribbean, North American, and African literary journals.

About this title

About the Author:

Antiguan and Barbudan Joanne C. Hillhouse is the author of Musical Youth (CaribbeanReads) - a finalist for the 2014 Burt Award for teen/YA Caribbean fiction, Oh Gad! (Strebor/Atria/Simon & Schuster) - a 2014 recommendation on NPR's Weekend Reads, The Boy from Willow Bend (Macmillan/Hansib), Dancing Nude in the Moonlight (Macmillan), and two children's picture books With Grace and Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure. Her fiction also appears in the anthologies Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean (Peekash), So the Nailhead Bend, So the Story End: An Anthology of Antiguan and Barbudan Writing (A Different Publisher), In the Black: New African Canadian Literature (Insomniac Press) and For Women: In Tribute to Nina Simone (Black Classic Press/MZWrightNow Publications). She is included in the African American Literary Awards winning collection A Letter for My Mother (Strebor/Atria/Simon & Schuster). Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals. Her awards include Breadloaf, Caribbean Fiction Writers Summer Institute, and Callaloo fellowships, the David Hough Literary Prize and flash fiction prize from The Caribbean Writer literary journal, twice being shortlisted for the Small Axe fiction prize, a UNESCO Honour Award for contribution to literacy and the literary arts in Antigua and Barbuda, and the Leonard Tim Hector Memorial Award for contributions to journalism, literary arts, and youth development in Antigua and Barbuda.  She's founder and co-ordinator of the Wadadli Youth Pen Prize - wadadlipen.wordpress.com - promoting the literary arts among young people in Antigua and Barbuda. She works as a freelance writer, editor, writing coach, and course/workshop facilitator. More at jhohadli.wordpress.com

Review:

"What makes the book a true pleasure is its political edge. Hillhouse arms the characters with larger social conflicts that far outshine the romance...Michael and Selena struggle for romantic survival and for self-definition, despite their histories as discarded children surrounded by bitterness. Every character has some kind of betrayal echoing in their lives. Though no one is innocent, Hillhouse skilfully wraps the reader intimately into the fallout of each character's experience." - Broken Pencil, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Insomniac Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1554831407
• ISBN 13: 9781554831401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426