LEADER 00000pam 2200337 i 4500 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
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