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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-     Subjects     Cults -- Fiction.     Communal living -- Fiction.     Utopias -- Fiction.     Mass suicide -- Fiction.     Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.     Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Escapes -- Fiction.     Gorilla -- Fiction.     Guyana -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-       by title:      Children of paradise...       by call number:      FICTION DAG     Search the Web     D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960-     Cults -- Fiction.     Communal living -- Fiction.     Utopias -- Fiction.     Mass suicide -- Fiction.     Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.     Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Escapes -- Fiction.     Gorilla -- Fiction.     Guyana -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Children of paradise : a novel / Fred D'Aguiar. by D'Aguiar, Fred, 1960- Harper, c2014. Call #: FICTION DAG Subjects Cults -- Fiction.   Communal living -- Fiction.   Utopias -- Fiction.   Mass suicide -- Fiction.   Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.   Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction.   Escapes -- Fiction.   Gorilla -- Fiction.   Guyana -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780062277329 0062277324 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  362 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Based on the terrible truths of Jonestown, Jim Jones's utopian commune in Guyana, 'Children of Paradise' is a beautifully imagined novel that interweaves history and fiction to portray a mother and daughter's escape from the rule of a religious madman. Joyce and her young daughter, Trina, have followed a charismatic preacher from California to the wilds of Guyana, where a thousand congregants have cleared a swath of dense jungle and built a utopian society based on a rigid order guarded over by armed men and teenage "prefects." Each day ends with sermons that demonstrate the preacher's capricious violence and his utmost hostility toward even a whisper of skepticism. But try as the preacher may to block out the world, the commune's seclusion is being breached, first by tribal elders complaining of polluted river water downstream, then by an invisible presence that has helped a young boy to disappear, and finally with rumors of the imminent arrival of a congressional delegation on a fact-finding mission. As the camp begins rehearsing an endgame of mass suicide, Joyce and Trina attempt a daring escape, aided by a local boat captain and the most unlikely of prisoners - the extraordinary Adam, the commune's caged gorilla."--Publisher. Genre:  Psychological fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION DAG Adult books Checked out Jul 25, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION DAG Adult books Central weeding   Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION DAG Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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