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- catalog abstract "Ranelise is a cook in the small village of La Pointe in Guadeloupe, where she rescues a teenage girl from suicide by drowning. The girl, Reynalda Titane, lives at the local jeweler's grand house, where her mother, Nina, is a maid. Reynalda is pregnant and in a state of despair. Ranelise cares for her and the child, christened Marie-Noelle, but Reynalda soon flees to France, intent upon getting the education that will allow her to rise above her mother's fate. Desirada is the story of Marie-Noelle and her quest to understand the mother who abandoned her and to discover the identity of her father. It is also the story of generations of island women and the pursuit of a meaningful life despite a tainted personal history. Desirada was awarded the prestigious Prix Carbet de la Caraibe in 1998, given for the best book by a Caribbean author. It is Maryse Conde's twelfth novel.".
- catalog alternative "Desirada. English".
- catalog contributor b12014865.
- catalog contributor b12014866.
- catalog coverage "Désirade (Guadeloupe) Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "West Indies Fiction.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Desirada is the story of Marie-Noelle and her quest to understand the mother who abandoned her and to discover the identity of her father. It is also the story of generations of island women and the pursuit of a meaningful life despite a tainted personal history.".
- catalog description "Desirada was awarded the prestigious Prix Carbet de la Caraibe in 1998, given for the best book by a Caribbean author. It is Maryse Conde's twelfth novel.".
- catalog description "Ranelise is a cook in the small village of La Pointe in Guadeloupe, where she rescues a teenage girl from suicide by drowning. The girl, Reynalda Titane, lives at the local jeweler's grand house, where her mother, Nina, is a maid. Reynalda is pregnant and in a state of despair. Ranelise cares for her and the child, christened Marie-Noelle, but Reynalda soon flees to France, intent upon getting the education that will allow her to rise above her mother's fate.".
- catalog extent "260 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Desirada.".
- catalog identifier "1569472157".
- catalog isFormatOf "Desirada.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Soho,".
- catalog relation "Desirada.".
- catalog spatial "Désirade (Guadeloupe) Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "West Indies Fiction.".
- catalog subject "843/.914 21".
- catalog subject "Abandoned children Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Mothers and daughters Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PQ3949.2.C65 D4813 2000".
- catalog subject "Women Identity Fiction.".
- catalog title "Desirada / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox.".
- catalog title "Desirada. English".
- catalog type "Autobiographical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".