Annie John
About the book
Growing up in Antigua, Annie gradually separates from her mother and searches for an identity of her own.
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Annie John and the essay A Small Place show two registers of Kincaid: coming-of-age narrative and a direct critique of colonialism and tourism. Hillhouse brings love, music and migration; Musical Youth is written for young adults. Antigua-born Marie-Elena John sets Unburnable mainly in Dominica and Washington, so its placement follows the author rather than the setting. Move from Kincaid to Hillhouse to encounter another generation.
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- Annie JohnJamaica Kincaid
- Musical YouthJoanne C. Hillhouse
- UnburnableMarie-Elena John
Books to begin with
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A Small Place
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This short essay on Antigua confronts the tourist gaze with colonial history and local politics.
Musical Youth
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Zahara and Shaka grow close through music in this young adult novel set in Antigua.
Dancing Nude in the Moonlight: 10th Anniversary Edition and Other Writings
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This anniversary volume combines a novella about love and migration with the author’s stories and poems.
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Dancing Nude in the Moonlight: 10th Anniversary Edition and Other Writings
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Unburnable
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Lillian returns to Dominica to uncover the suppressed histories of her mother and grandmother.
Lucy
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A young Caribbean immigrant works as an au pair while finding her own place in America.
The Autobiography of My Mother
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A novel about a woman’s coming of age, maternal absence and the difficult making of independence.
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