In the chaotic multicultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American, and 'Putagee' voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, four little girls, two sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - four mad people (including Uncle Joe the safe one), sexy Marilyn (an early developer), Rasta types, strict Catholic Portuguese mothers and slightly less strict Hindu ones, teachers, politicians, ministers, and the world, for ...
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In the chaotic multicultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American, and 'Putagee' voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, four little girls, two sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - four mad people (including Uncle Joe the safe one), sexy Marilyn (an early developer), Rasta types, strict Catholic Portuguese mothers and slightly less strict Hindu ones, teachers, politicians, ministers, and the world, for the girls, is full of daily wonder and a constant assessing of just how far they can go. Against the background of their growing up is the disintegration of the state they live in, an encroaching but mysterious (to the children) political threat as state control tightens. Between them, they manage to make a free world for themselves, until the night when the Government cracks down and the girls are caught up in the mayhem.
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Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published:
08/05/1999
Language:
English
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18111788623
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