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- catalog abstract "" A novel of sexual awakening, against the chaotic background of 70's Guyana from a glowing and distinctive new Afro - Caribbean voice. In the chaotic multi-cultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American and Putagee voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, 4 little girls, 2 sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - 4 mad people, sexy Marilyn, 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 disintegrating of the state they live in, an encroaching but mysterious political threat as state control tightens. The narrator and her sister Tammy live in a liberated household, their father thought to side with the opposition. Their friedns, Judy and Rachel from the giant De Abro family next door have to contend with obsessively strict parents. 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."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b10865332.
- catalog coverage "Guyana Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Guyana Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "" A novel of sexual awakening, against the chaotic background of 70's Guyana from a glowing and distinctive new Afro - Caribbean voice. In the chaotic multi-cultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American and Putagee voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, 4 little girls, 2 sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - 4 mad people, sexy Marilyn, 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 disintegrating of the state they live in, an encroaching but mysterious political threat as state control tightens. The narrator and her sister Tammy live in a liberated household, their father thought to side with the opposition. Their friedns, Judy and Rachel from the giant De Abro family next door have to contend with obsessively strict parents. 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."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog extent "169 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1861591217".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Phoenix House,".
- catalog spatial "Guyana Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Guyana Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Guyana".
- catalog subject "813/.54 21".
- catalog subject "Girls Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR9320.9.K46 B89 1998".
- catalog subject "Police corruption Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Political refugees Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Young women Guyana Fiction.".
- catalog title "Buxton Spice / Oonya Kempadoo.".
- catalog type "Bildungsromans. gsafd".
- catalog type "Political fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Political fiction.".
- catalog type "text".