The True History of Paradise

The True History of Paradise
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780307755599
ISBN-13 : 0307755592
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Book Synopsis The True History of Paradise by : Margaret Cezair-Thompson

Download or read book The True History of Paradise written by Margaret Cezair-Thompson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1981. Jean Landing secretly plans to flee her beloved Jamaica–the only home her family has ever known, a place now rife with political turmoil. But before she can make her final preparations, she receives devastating news: Lana, her sister, is dead. The country’s state of emergency leaves no time to arrange a proper funeral. Even Jean’s mother, Monica, who hadn’t spoken to Lana in more than a decade, cannot fully embrace her grief. The tragedy only underscores Jean’s need to leave an island that holds no promise of a future. Her harrowing journey to freedom across a battered landscape takes Jean through a terrain of memories: of her childhood, with a detached mother at odds with an adoring father, of her complex bond with Lana, and of the friends and lovers who have shaped and shared her days. Epic in scope, The True History of Paradise poignantly portrays the complexities of family and racial identity in a troubled Eden.


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