By love possessed : stories / Lorna Goodison.

By:

Goodison, Lorna

Publication details: New York : Amistad, 2011.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 262 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780062127358
0062127357

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

F Ja Goo

Contents:

The helpweight -- Jamaica hope -- Henry -- Bella makes life -- By love possessed -- Don't sit on the beauty seat -- God's help -- House colour -- Wedding in Roxbury -- The big shot -- Pinky's fall -- The Dolly funeral -- Fool-fool Rose is leaving labour-in-vain-Savannah -- Angelita and the golden days -- Shilling -- Talola's husband -- Alice and the dancing angel -- For my comrades wearing three-piece suits -- Dream lover -- Miss Henny, Suliman Santer, and me -- Mi amiga gran -- I come through.

Summary: This collection of short fiction, inviting readers into a world where people are in turn uplifted and undone by love, includes "The Helpweight," in which an accomplished woman must bear the burden of an old flame's renewed affections when he returns from a life abroad with his Irish bride in tow.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	OCLC Data	F Ja Goo (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000013612

This collection of short fiction, inviting readers into a world where people are in turn uplifted and undone by love, includes "The Helpweight," in which an accomplished woman must bear the burden of an old flame's renewed affections when he returns from a life abroad with his Irish bride in tow.

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