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003    DLC 
005    20141231194704.0 
008    131126s2014    nyua   e      000 1 eng   
010    2013044381 
020    9781594488337 (hardback) 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dGCmBT|dUtOrBLW 
042    pcc 
043    nwvi--- 
082 00 813/.6|223 
092    |fF|aYANIQUE 
100 1  Yanique, Tiphanie. 
245 10 Land of love and drowning /|cTiphanie Yanique. 
264  1 New York :|bRiverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group 
       (USA),|c2014. 
300    358 pages :|billustration ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "A major debut from an award-winning writer-an epic family
       saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin 
       Islands.  In the early 1900s an important ship sinks into 
       the Caribbean Sea, just as the Virgin Islands are 
       transferred from Danish to American rule. Orphaned by the 
       sunk vessel are two sisters and their half-brother, now 
       faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them 
       is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a 
       particular magic that will either sink or save them.  
       Chronicling three generations of an island family from 
       1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of
       love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas 
       into the modern world. Wholly unique, with echoes of Toni 
       Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the author's own 
       Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language 
       and rhythm that evokes an entire world and way of life and
       love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of
       fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, 
       curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and 
       triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant
       debut by an exciting, prize-winning young writer"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Magic|zUnited States Virgin Islands|zSaint Thomas
       |vFiction. 
650  0 African Americans|zUnited States Virgin Islands|zSaint 
       Thomas|vFiction. 
650  0 African American families|zUnited States Virgin Islands
       |zSaint Thomas|vFiction. 
651  0 Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Epic fiction.|2gsafd