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02293aam a2200349 i 4500 001 1A809C1C720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221202010048 008 220210s2022 nyu 000 j eng d 010 $a 2021949764 020 $a 9781646220663 020 $a 1646220668 035 $a (OCoLC)1296165943 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d JVK $d TOH $d NYP $d GWC $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Irving, Dionne. 245 14 $a The islands : $b stories / $c Dionne Irving. 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York : $b Catapult, $c 2022. 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 21 cm 505 0 $a Florida lives -- Shopgirl -- Weaving -- All-inclusive -- The cape -- Canal -- An American idea of fun -- Some people -- The gifts -- Waking life. 520 $a "The Islands follows the lives of Jamaican women--immigrants or the descendants of immigrants--who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one story, a woman and her husband impulsively leave San Francisco and move to Florida with wild dreams of American reinvention only to unearth the horrible cracks in their marriage. In another, the only Jamaican mother at a pricey prep school feels pressure to volunteer at the school's International Day. With locales ranging from 1950s London to 1960s Panama to modern-day New Jersey, author Dionne Irving reveals the intricacies of immigration and assimilation, establishing a new and unforgettable voice in Caribbean American literature. Restless, displaced, and disconnected, these characters try to ground themselves--to grow where they find themselves planted--in a world in which the tension between what's said and unsaid can bend the soul"--cover page 4. 650 0 $a Jamaicans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Immigrants $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231114010550.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203020106.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221206012503.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221202011752.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1A809C1C720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search