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The long song

The child of a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation in Jamaica, July lives with her mother until a recently transplanted English widow decides to move her into the great house and rename her. She remains bound to the plantation despite her "freedom." The arrival of a young English overseen dram...

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Main Author: Levy, Andrea, 1956-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Slavery > Fiction.
Jamaica > History > 19th century > Fiction.
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Summary:The child of a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation in Jamaica, July lives with her mother until a recently transplanted English widow decides to move her into the great house and rename her. She remains bound to the plantation despite her "freedom." The arrival of a young English overseen dramatically changes life in the great house.
Item Description:"A Frances Coady book."
Physical Description:313 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780374192174 (alk. paper)
0374192170 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Andrea Levy was born in London, England in 1956 to Jamaican parents of mixed descent. She studied textile design and became a costume assistant. She took a creative-writing class and started writing in her 30s. Her first novel, Every Light in the House Burnin', was published in 1994. Her novels chronicled the experience of Jamaican immigrants in Britain. Her other works included Fruit of the Lemon, Six Stories and an Essay, and The Long Song. Small Island won the Orange Prize for fiction and the Whitbread Award for the book of the year. She died from cancer on February 14, 2019 at the age of 62.

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