Annie John by Kincaid, Jamaica
Annie John by Kincaid, Jamaica

Annie John

The essential coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a...
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Author: Jamaica Kincaid
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Language: English
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Annie John by Kincaid, Jamaica

Annie John

$29.45
Annie John by Kincaid, Jamaica

Annie John

$29.45
Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

The essential coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. Kincaid's novel focuses on a universal, tragic, and often comic theme: the loss of childhood. Annie's voice--urgent, demanding to be heard--is one that will not soon be forgotten by readers.

An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived."

When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she instinctively rebels against authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a "young lady," ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration and takes on the new and unfamiliar guise of adversary.

At the end of her school years, Annie decides to leave Antigua and her family, but not without a measure of sorrow, especially for the mother she once knew and never ceases to mourn. "For I could not be sure," she reflects, "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world."

Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 06/30/1997
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.45w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780374525101

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 43274 / Annie John

About the Author

Jamaica Kincaid's books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, A Small Place, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, and, most recently, Mr. Potter. She lives in Vermont.


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