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020    1558614982 (pbk.) 
035    (OCoLC)ocm61879700 
035    (OCoLC)61879700 
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092    |fF|aMARSHALL 
100 1  Marshall, Paule,|d1929- 
245 10 Brown girl, brownstones /|cPaule Marshall ; with a 
       foreword by Edwidge Danticat ; afterword by Mary Helen 
       Washington. 
250    Second Feminist Press edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFeminist Press at the City University of New 
       York,|c2006. 
264  4 |c©1959 
300    xii, 319 pages ;|c22 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Contemporary classics by women 
500    Originally published: New York : Random House, 1959. 
520    "Now including a new foreword by the prolific Haitian 
       author Edwidge Danticat, Brown Girl, Brownstones is the 
       work of one of America's finest contemporary black women 
       writers. Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World 
       War II, it chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants 
       to surmount poverty and racism and to make their new 
       country home. Selina Boyce, the novel's memorable heroine,
       is conflicted by the opposing aspirations of her parents: 
       her hardworking, ambitious mother longs to buy a 
       brownstone row house while her easygoing father prefers to
       dream of effortless success and his native island's 
       lushness. Eventually, in this coming-of-age story, Selina 
       must forge her own identity, sexuality, and sense of 
       values in her new country and reconcile group tradition 
       with individual potential.  The new foreword written by 
       highly acclaimed author Danticat examines Selina's 
       passionate quest for wholeness of identity: "When dreams 
       collide rather than merge, forcing both family members and
       the community to take sides until one type of dreamer is 
       applauded and the other shunned ... a showdown is 
       imminent." With themes of multi-ethnic racism, immigration,
       loyalty, and loss at the forefront, this powerful and 
       poetic exploration is as relevant today as it was in its 
       debut."--Publisher's website. 
650  0 West Indian Americans|vFiction. 
650  0 Young women|vFiction. 
650  0 Domestic fiction. 
650  0 Feminist fiction. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2gsafd 
830  0 Contemporary classics by women series.