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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Foster, Cecil, 1954-     Subjects     Friendship -- Fiction.     Friendship in adolescence -- Fiction.     Grandparents as parents -- Fiction.     Barbados -- History -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Foster, Cecil, 1954-       by title:      Independence : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION FOS     Search the Web     Foster, Cecil, 1954-     Friendship -- Fiction.     Friendship in adolescence -- Fiction.     Grandparents as parents -- Fiction.     Barbados -- History -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Independence : a novel / Cecil Foster. by Foster, Cecil, 1954- HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd., c2013. Call #: FICTION FOS Subjects Friendship -- Fiction.   Friendship in adolescence -- Fiction.   Grandparents as parents -- Fiction.   Barbados -- History -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781443415057 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  317 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  A deeply moving story of the coming of age of a country and a boy, at the time of Barbados' independence from Britain in 1966. 14-year-old Christopher Lucas and Stephanie King have been neighbours and best friends since they were born a few months apart. They have been raised by their impoverished grandmothers after their mothers went "over 'n' away" to the United States and Canada to find work when the children were toddlers; no one has heard from the mothers since. Through a series of triumphs and catastrophes, Christopher and Stephanie determine their places in the world and take control of their lives. Genre:  Bildungsromans. Canadian fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION FOS Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION FOS Adult books Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION FOS Adult books Item hold expired Add Copy to MyList

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