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Frying Plantain
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781487005344
Publisher: Astoria
Published: Mar 3 2020
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
Set in the neighbourhood of Little Jamaica, Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.
Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle -- of her North American identity and her desire to be a true Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother's rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too faas or too quiet or too bold or too soft. In these twelve interconnected stories, we see Kara on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pig's head in her great-aunt's freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmother's house, trying to cope with ongoing battles of unyielding authority.
A rich and unforgettable portrait of growing up between worlds, Frying Plantain shows how, in one charged moment, friendship and love can turn to enmity and hate, well-meaning protection can become control, and teasing play can turn to something much darker.
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