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01895aam a2200361 i 4500 001 DCD5ACCA084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 230314s2024 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023934636 020 $a 9798986241814 (hardcover) 020 $a 1958506079 020 $a 9781958506073 035 $a (OCoLC)1417618333 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IUO $d BDX $d IEP $d JAS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a nwjm--- 050 00 $a PS3608.E47 $b H68 2024 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20240403 100 1 $a Hemans, Donna, $e author. 245 14 $a The house of plain truth / $c Donna Hemans. 260 $a New York : $b Zibby Books, $c [2024] 300 $a 272 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn't prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father's startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years. Moving through time and place, from modern-day Brooklyn and Montego Bay to 1930s Havana and back again, The House of Plain Truth is a journey through generational secrets and a family coming to terms with its past. Inspired by the author's own history, this soulful novel explores a fascinating story of immigration, divided loyalties, and what one woman must sacrifice in her attempt to find home--Back cover. 650 0 $a Fathers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers $x Death $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Siblings $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Jamaica $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012331.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCD5ACCA084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search