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When Doris Harvey's English grandfather, William Harvey, discovers a clearing at the end of a path cut by the feet of those running from slavery, he gives his name to what will become his family's home for generations. For Doris, Harvey River is the place she always called home, the place where she was one of the "fabulous Harvey girls," and where the rich local bounty of Lucea yams, pimentos, and mangoes went hand in hand with the Victorian niceties of her parents' house. It is a place she will return to in dreams when her fortunes change, years later, and she and her husband, Marcus Goodison, relocate to "hard life" Kingston and encounter the harsh realities of urban living in close quarters.
In Lorna Goodison's luminous memoir of her forebears, we meet a cast of wonderfully drawn characters, including George O'Brian Wilson, the Irish patriarch of the family who marries a Guinea woman after coming to Jamaica in the mid-1800s; Doris's parents, Margaret and David, childhood sweethearts who become the first family of Harvey River; and Margaret and David's eight children.
In lush, vivid prose, textured with the cadences of Creole speech, Lorna Goodison weaves together memory and mythology to create a vivid tapestry. She takes us deep into the heart of a complete world to tell a universal story of family and the ties that bind us to the place we call home.
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. When Lorna's great-grandfather, William Harvey, discovered a clearing at the end of a path cut by the feet of escaping slaves, he gives his name to what became his family's home for generations. For Lorna's mother, Doris, Jamaica's Harvey River was the place she always called home, where she was one of the 'fabulous Harvey girls' and the rich local bounty of yams, pimentos and mangoes went hand in hand with the Victorian niceties and comforts of her parents' house. Doris was a big-hearted lover of big stories and raised Lorna on tales of their family's - and Jamaica's - history. Years later, when her fortunes changed, it was a place she returned to in her dreams She and her husband relocated to 'hard life' Kingston and encountered the harsh realities of urban living at close quarters as they raised their family of nine children.Gorgeously written with unashamed joy and peopled with a cast of wonderfully drawn characters, Lorna Goodison's memoir weaves together memory and island lore to create a vivid and universally appealing tapestry. An irresistibly joyful memoir of mothers and daughters, and the importance of home. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781843549963
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Description du livre Etat : New. 2010. Paperback. As read on Radio 4, an irresistibly joyful memoir of mothers and daughters, and the importance of home. 'The book is a joy. A bittersweet reminder to all Jamaica's exiles of what we have lost'. Independent Num Pages: 288 pages, integrated b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9781843549963
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Description du livre Etat : New. 2010. Paperback. As read on Radio 4, an irresistibly joyful memoir of mothers and daughters, and the importance of home. 'The book is a joy. A bittersweet reminder to all Jamaica's exiles of what we have lost'. Independent Num Pages: 288 pages, integrated b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. . . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9781843549963