The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
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"Folktales and spirits animate this lively and unforgettable coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn grappling with their mother's illness, their father's infidelity, and the truth of their family's past"-- Provided by publisher.
Telling of the love between sisters who don’t always see eye to eye, this extraordinary debut novel is a celebration of the power of stories, asking, What happens to us when our stories are erased? Do we disappear? Or do we come back haunting?
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PUBLISHED
New York : Catapult, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 277 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781646220953
1646220951
SUBJECTS
Sisters -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.