Augustown Kei Miller

Augustown

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Augustown
Author
Kei Miller
ISBN
9781101974094
PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Slate - Publishers Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Ma Taffy may be blind but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. A teacher has cut off Kaia's dreadlocks--a violation of the family's Rastafari beliefs--and this single impulsive action will have ramifications that stretch throughout the entire community. Kaia's story brings back memories from Ma Taffy's youth, including the legend of the flying preacherman and his ties to the history of Jamaican oppression and resistance--all of which will reverberate forward to the present and change Augustown forever. Vividly bringing to life Jamaica in the 1980s, Augustown follows one family's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Kei MillerPublisher: VintagePublished: 05/15/2018ISBN: 9781101974094Pages: 256Weight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD FINALIST

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Slate - Publishers Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Ma Taffy may be blind but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. A teacher has cut off Kaia's dreadlocks--a violation of the family's Rastafari beliefs--and this single impulsive action will have ramifications that stretch throughout the entire community. Kaia's story brings back memories from Ma Taffy's youth, including the legend of the flying preacherman and his ties to the history of Jamaican oppression and resistance--all of which will reverberate forward to the present and change Augustown forever.

Vividly bringing to life Jamaica in the 1980s, Augustown follows one family's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kei Miller
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/15/2018
ISBN: 9781101974094
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d
PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD FINALIST

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Slate - Publishers Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Ma Taffy may be blind but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. A teacher has cut off Kaia's dreadlocks--a violation of the family's Rastafari beliefs--and this single impulsive action will have ramifications that stretch throughout the entire community. Kaia's story brings back memories from Ma Taffy's youth, including the legend of the flying preacherman and his ties to the history of Jamaican oppression and resistance--all of which will reverberate forward to the present and change Augustown forever.

Vividly bringing to life Jamaica in the 1980s, Augustown follows one family's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Kei Miller
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/15/2018
ISBN: 9781101974094
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d