About this title: Jamaica Kincaid writes candidly and with affection about her gifted brother, who died of AIDS at 33 after a troubled life. In the process, she evokes her growing up on the island of Antigua, and the terrifying woman who is her mother.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780099275435ISBN:0099275430
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780374216818ISBN:0374216819
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374216818ISBN:0374216819
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780374525620ISBN:0374525625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780374525620ISBN:0374525625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1998-11-09
ISBN-13:9780374525620ISBN:0374525625
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"It's a wrenching book to read, and distractingly repetitive until and unless you accept the fact that writing it is a sort of exorcism for the author. The repeated litanies, with variations, seem a necessary part of that, as Kincaid tries to come to terms with the life and death of a brother she hardly knew, and her continuing struggle with her mother."
"I have always been a fan of Jamaica Kincaid's writing since reading Annie John many years ago. I found this book in the MHS library when I was looking for something to read at lunch time. She is a powerful writer. Her attitude toward her family, especially her mother is a little hard to read coming from a very close family. The story of her brother is sad. Experiencing a death due to the AIDS virus is very painful and she makes it very clear what that experience was for her brother. If you haven't read this author, she is well worth looking for."
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