Description:
HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island Paperback - 2001
by Ivonne Lamazares
Set in 1960s Cuba, as Castro's revolution begins, this debut novel follows a girl named Tanya, her mother, and band of other refugees who board a makeshift raft bound for Florida. When they reach shore, they find the American Dream may not be within their reach.
Summary
Ivonne Lamazares’s distinguished debut novel is "at once a deeply personal and worldly tale . . . a wonderful amalgamation of culture, politics, and love" (Philadelphia Weekly). With economical prose and a clear-eyed vision, Lamazares evokes lives full of hope but fraught with obstacles in this story of a mother and daughter in 1960s Cuba. The story is told in the brave, tough voice of Tanya, a girl at odds with her mother and with the rapidly changing world around her. In the wake of Castro’s revolution, Tanya's mother -- passionate and unreliable -- is determined to leave Cuba at all costs and to take her reluctant daughter with her. THE SUGAR ISLAND presents their embattled relationship against the backdrop of a country in conflict with itself, where the old world chafes against the new and where a parent’s desperate grab for freedom has dire consequences for her child.
Details
- Title The Sugar Island
- Author Ivonne Lamazares
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 218
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, N. Y.
- Date 2001-10-05
- ISBN 9780618154548 / 061815454X
- Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.55 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.40 cm)
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation: Florida
- Locality: Miami, Florida
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Miami (Fla.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00038917
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Excerpt
"Listen to me," Mama commanded..."This country is just a backwater plaintain grove. Now and forever." She wiped her hands on her apron until she left a dark circle. "Tanya, mija, our life is about to start." Mama always wanted to start life just as I wanted to start a new notebook at school, with neat and crisp lines, waiting to be filled in with important dates and bright colors.
She touched my arm and whispered, "Cousin Romy is coming for us. Tomorrow or the next day we could wake up in Cayo Hueso, or Me-a- me." Mama whispered "Me-a-me" the same way Emanuel and I ate ripe bananas--with greedy, sticky pleasure.
Copyright © 2000 by Ivonne Lamazares. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.
She touched my arm and whispered, "Cousin Romy is coming for us. Tomorrow or the next day we could wake up in Cayo Hueso, or Me-a- me." Mama whispered "Me-a-me" the same way Emanuel and I ate ripe bananas--with greedy, sticky pleasure.
Copyright © 2000 by Ivonne Lamazares. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.
Media reviews
Citations
- Kliatt, 03/01/2002, Page 17
More Copies for Sale
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island
by Lamazares, Ivonne
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454x
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
- Item Price
-
£3.97FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
£3.97
FREE shipping to USA
The Sugar Island
by Ivonne Lamazares
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454X
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
£5.88FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Item Price
£5.88
FREE shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island
by Lamazares, Ivonne
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454X
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£13.42£10.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Mariner Books, 2001. Paperback. New. 205 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches.
Item Price
£13.42
£10.00
shipping to USA
The Sugar Island
by Ivonne Lamazares
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454x
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£15.44£9.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paperback / softback. New.
Item Price
£15.44
£9.95
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island
by Ivonne Lamazares
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454x
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£18.66£9.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paperback / softback. New.
Item Price
£18.66
£9.95
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island
by Lamazares, Ivonne
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newport Coast, California, United States
- Item Price
-
£30.12FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Item Price
£30.12
FREE shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Sugar Island
by Lamazares, Ivonne
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780618154548 / 061815454X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
£64.07£4.33 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Mariner Books, 2001-10-05. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Item Price
£64.07
£4.33
shipping to USA