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• Title : Unburnable
• Author : Marie-Elena John
• Rating : 4.96 (271 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-6-3
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 304 Pages
• Asin : 0060837586
• Language : English

Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian Baptiste fled Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival—songs about a village on a

Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian Baptiste fled Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival—songs about a village on a mountaintop littered with secrets, masquerades that supposedly fly and wreak havoc, and a man who suddenly and mysteriously dropped dead. Richly textured and lushly rendered, Unburnable showcases a welcome and assured new voice.. After twenty years away, Lillian returns to her native island to face the demons of her past—and with the help of Teddy, a man who has loved her for many years, she may yet find a way to heal.Set in both contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, Unburnable weaves together West Indian history, African culture, and American sensibilities

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Lillian, a 30-something native of Dominica, now an activist in Washington, D.C., suffered a breakdown at 14 after discovering the identity of her birth mother, Iris: the beautiful, insane village prostitute whose own mother, the famous healer Matilda, was convicted of multiple murder and hung. Twenty years after leaving Dominica, Lillian is determined to return, in hopes of learning what happened to her mother, grandmother and herself—and she's determined to bring Teddy with her. However, strong writing and interesting supporting characters should keep readers occupied through the end. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Aloof from the outset, it's never clear why, after 20 years without contact, Lillian wants to investigate her past, and her calculated manipulation of Teddy makes her hard to feel for. All rights reserved. . John switches between Lillian's present day and the mid-century lives of Matilda and Iris, who are warm, vibrant characters a

A former Africa development specialist, she lives with her husband and two children in Washington, D.C., and Antigua.

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Antigua native Marie-Elena John graduated as the City College of New York’s first black woman valedictorian and later earned a master’s degree from Columbia University