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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Irving, Dionne.     Subjects     Jamaicans -- Fiction.     Women -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Irving, Dionne.       by title:      The islands : storie...       by call number:      FICTION IRV     Search the Web     Irving, Dionne.     Jamaicans -- Fiction.     Women -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The islands : stories / Dionne Irving. by Irving, Dionne. Catapult, 2022. Call #: FICTION IRV Subjects Jamaicans -- Fiction.   Women -- Fiction.   Immigrants -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781646220663 (trade pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  259 p. ; 21 cm. Contents:  Florida lives -- Shopgirl -- Weaving -- All-inclusive -- The cape -- Canal -- An American idea of fun -- Some people -- The gifts -- Waking life. Summary:  "Follows the lives of Jamaican women--immigrants or the descendants of immigrants--who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one story, a woman and her husband impulsively leave San Francisco and move to Florida with wild dreams of American reinvention only to unearth the horrible cracks in their marriage. In another, the only Jamaican mother at a pricey prep school feels pressure to volunteer at the school's International Day. With locales ranging from 1950s London to 1960s Panama to modern-day New Jersey, author Dionne Irving reveals the intricacies of immigration and assimilation, establishing a new and unforgettable voice in Caribbean American literature. Restless, displaced, and disconnected, these characters try to ground themselves--to grow where they find themselves planted--in a world in which the tension between what's said and unsaid can bend the soul"--Publisher. Genre:  Short stories. Black fiction Holds:  8   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Rapid Reads FICTION IRV Adult Rapid Reads Checked out Jul 27, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 24, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Aug 24, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION IRV Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Rapid Reads FICTION IRV Adult Rapid Reads Checked in   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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