Praisesong for the widow
By: Paule Marshall.
Publisher: Putnam's; Putnam Adult
Published: February 14, 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780399127540
Subjects: African American women -- Fiction.; Americans -- Grenada -- Fiction.; Grenadian Americans -- Fiction.; Women travelers -- Fiction.; Ocean travel -- Fiction.; Caribbean Area -- Fiction.; Grenada -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: With a strength born of the decision that had just come to her in the middle of the night, Avey Johnson forced the suitcase shut on the clothes piled inside and slid the lock into place.
Description: A middle-aged, successful Afro-American woman journeys to the small Caribbean isle of Carriacou where she discovers a past and a culture she learns to cherish.