Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. pp. 272.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. pp. 272.
Published by Bloomsbury UK, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.1.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.75.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.75.
Published by Bloomsbury Trade, 2007
ISBN 10: 0747590672 ISBN 13: 9780747590675
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neu Neuware, Importqualität, , Sofortversand - Maja Carmen Carrera, the daughter of a black Cuban couple, was only five years old when the family emigrated from the Caribbean to London, leaving her with one complete memory: a woman singing eerily at the farewell party while little Maja and an older girl peered out from beneath a table. Now, almost twenty years later, Maja herself is a singer with a small band, in love with her boyfriend, pregnant and haunted by what she calls'her Cuba.'Growing up in London, she struggles to negotiate her history and the sense that speaking the Spanish or the English of her people's conquistadors makes her less of a black girl. But she is unable to find in herself the Ewe, Igbo, or Swahili of her roots. It seems all that's left is silence. Distance from Cuba deepens Maja's mother's faith in Santeria - the fusion of Catholicism and West African religion - and its Yoruba gods, but it also divides the family as her father rails against his wife's superstitions and the lost dreams of the Castro revolution. On the other side of the reality wall, Yemaya Saramagua lives in the Somewherehouse with two doors: one opening to London, the other to Lagos. Yemaya is troubled by the ease with which her fellow gods have disguised themselves as saints and reappeared under different names and faces. As Yemaya and Maja seek out their own truth as to where home lies, they come to the realization that transformation can be at once painful and exhilarating indeed.