The Icarus girl
By: Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780307428738
Subjects: Racially mixed children; Fiction; Imaginary companions; Doppelgängers; Girls; Twins; Psychological fiction; Enfants métis; Romans, nouvelles; Compagnons imaginaires; Héautoscopie; Filles; FICTION; Psychological; Literary; Roman
Description: Jessamy "Jess" Harrison, a racially-mixed child, is growing up feeling that she is caught between two different worlds, until she is sent to visit relatives in Nigeria, where she comes face to face with a mysterious new friend.