Daughters

Name: Daughters
Author: Paule Marshall

by Paule Marshall

Novel exploring a Black woman's political awakening and relationship with a Caribbean prime minister

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About the author

Paule Marshall

American novelist and short-story writer of Barbadian descent whose work pioneered the literary exploration of the African diaspora. Brown Girl, Brownstones is a foundational novel of Caribbean-American literature. She influenced a generation of writers from Toni Morrison to Jamaica Kincaid.

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