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The author shares the story of her mother's family, tracing their origins in a privileged parish community historically marked as a place through which runaway slaves escaped and describing her mother's life in urban Jamaica.
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2010Atlantic Books · 288 pages · 9781843549963
- Paperback · English · 2009Amistad · 304 pages · 9780061337567
- Hardcover · English · 2008Amistad · 304 pages · 9780061337550
- Other · English · 2013HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062292223
- Other · English · 2010Atlantic Books, Limited · 300 pages · 9781848875470
- Other · English · 2009Atlantic · 279 pages · 9781843549956
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