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The Pain Tree
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ISBN10: 1770864342
ISBN13: 9781770864344
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: Sep 30 2015
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781770864344
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: Sep 30 2015
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The Pain Tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. We hear from poor folk making the best of past hardships (Coal); rich folk plotting future selfishness (The Goodness of My Heart); and a young girl, forced to shoulder her mother's burdens in addition to her own (Lollipop). Bookending these are two powerful stories about the inextricability of home and history: in The Pain Tree, the protagonist realizes the love she abandoned, and the pain she left behind; in Flying, the lead character, searching for his missing piece, comes home for good.
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