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The Star Side of Bird Hill

Naomi Jackson

3.83/5 (1979 ratings)

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After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados to live with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah.

Dionne spends the summer in search of love, testing her grandmother's limits, and wanting to go home. Phaedra explores Bird Hill, where her family has lived for generations, accompanies her grandmother in her role as a midwife, and investigates their mother's mysterious life.

When the father they barely know comes to Bird Hill to reclaim his daughters, and both Phaedra and Dionne must choose between the Brooklyn they once knew and loved or the Barbados of their family.

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Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Press

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1594205957

ISBN13:: 9781594205958

kindle Asin:: B00OZ0TLGA

The Star Side of Bird Hill

Naomi Jackson

3.83/5 (1979 ratings)

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After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados to live with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah.

Dionne spends the summer in search of love, testing her grandmother's limits, and wanting to go home. Phaedra explores Bird Hill, where her family has lived for generations, accompanies her grandmother in her role as a midwife, and investigates their mother's mysterious life.

When the father they barely know comes to Bird Hill to reclaim his daughters, and both Phaedra and Dionne must choose between the Brooklyn they once knew and loved or the Barbados of their family.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Press

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1594205957

ISBN13:: 9781594205958

kindle Asin:: B00OZ0TLGA

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