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The Autobiography of My Mother

By Kincaid, Jamaica

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"My mother died at the moment I was born, and so for my whole life there was nothing standing between myself and eternity," writes Jamaica Kincaid in this disturbing, compelling novel set on the island of Dominica. Born to a doomed Carib woman and a Scottish African policeman of increasing swagger and wealth, narrator Xuela spends a lifetime unanchored by family or love. She disdains the web of small and big lies that link others, allowing only pungent, earthy sensuality--a mix of blood and dirt and sex--to move her. Even answering its siren call, though, Xuela never loses sight of the sharp loss that launched her into the world and the doors through which she will take her leave.

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ISBN
978-0-37410-732-1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux


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Library Journal

Reviewed on January 1, 1996

Sensual, jarring observations by a distanced yet obsessive narrator propel this work by the acclaimed author of Annie John (LJ 4/1/85) and Lucy (LJ 11/1/90). Raised without love and self-defined by her mother's death at the moment of her birth, Xuela regards life in her Dominican villages with disturbing disinterest and keen penetration. Her...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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