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Lucy

By Jamaica Kincaid

Lucy Contemporary literature

Lucy

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A portrait of an indelible young woman, Kincaid's second novel is "vivid, true and necessary" (Los Angeles Times). Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple-handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade. With mingled anger and compassion, Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place. Lucy has no illusions about her own past, but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is. At the same time that Lucy is coming to terms with the way the family lives, she is also unraveling the mysteries of her own sexuality. Gradually a new person unfolds: passionate, forthright, and disarmingly honest. In Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid has created a startling new character possessed of adamantine clear-sightedness and ferocious integrity-a captivating heroine for our time.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
178
Release Date:
2025-01-07
Publication Date:
2025-01-07
Publisher:
St. Martins Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250322421
ISBN13:
9781250322425
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
158 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
209 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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