Harriets Daughter [Paperback]

Marlene Philip (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1989

"Harriet Tubman was brave and strong, and she was black like me. I think it was the first time I thought of wanting to be called Harriet--I wanted to be Harriet." Margaret is determined to be someone; to be cool, with style and class and to have a blacker skin. More than anything else she wants to help her best friend, Zulma, escape from Canada and fly back to Tobago to live with her grandmother. In this charming, humorous and perceptive tale of adolescence, Marlene Nourbese Philip explores the friendship of two young black girls and throws into sharp relief the wider issues of culture and identity so relevant to teenagers of all races and colours.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The novel successfully challenges stereotypical notions of both strong, matriarchal black mothers and of poor, abused powerless black women... a valuable contribution to Caribbean and postcolonial literature.”–Choice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

M. NourbeSe Philip is a poet and writer and lawyer who lives in the City of Toronto. She was born in Tobago and now lives in Canada. In l965, when graduating from Bishop Anstey High School, M. NourbeSe Philip was awarded the Cipriani Memorial Scholarship for standing first in a Caribbean wide examination at the high school level. This award entitled her to carry out her undergraduate studies at the University of the West Indies. In l968 Ms NourbeSe Philip received her B.Sc.(Econ.) degree from the University of the West Indies. Visit M. NourbeSe Philip's web site to learn more. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Women's Press (CA); 1st edition (1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889611343
• ISBN-13: 978-0889611344
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,591,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Harriet's Daughter, March 10, 2006

By 

Ibolya Smith (toronto, on. canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harriet's Daughter (Caribbean Writers Series) (Paperback)

The book deals with racial discrimination and how a young girl copes with it. However, more importantly the book is really about a dysfunctional family into which Harriet does not fit; her father dislikes her and keepts threatening to send her back to Jamaica and as well she has two sisters with whom she cannot associate. (like Cinderella
and her stepsisters). The book is a good read for adolescent girls.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read., May 18, 1999

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[e-mail] (A Jamaican gyal in Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harriet's Daughter (Paperback)

While this wasn't the best written book that I've ever read, nor the most touching, it is definately worth reading. As a Jamaican, I could relate to Margaret's childhood and her father's constant threats to send her to Barbados and get some 'Good West Indian Discipline'. This book gives a good picture of a young girl's coming of age, I wish there was a part 2.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chapter log, April 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Harriet's Daughter (Paperback)

Can i get a chapter log of Harriet's Daughter?