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The Pagoda

Patricia Powell

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Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But the past confronts Lowe in everything he does, and so his history reveals itself---the tale of his exile from China, his shipboard adventures, an unwanted pregnancy and the arrangement that was made to avoid scandal. The arrangement places Lowe in a marriage of convenience with a mysterious widow, Miss Sylvie.

Lowe and Sylvie's relationship is complex, vivid, erotic, and full of secrets. Sylvie is a light-skinned black woman who, in the course of their three decades together, gives up three dark-skinned children for adoption. But Lowe's secret is much more startling, and remarkable..

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ISBN10:: 0156008297

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The Pagoda

Patricia Powell

3.51/5 (444 ratings)

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Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But the past confronts Lowe in everything he does, and so his history reveals itself---the tale of his exile from China, his shipboard adventures, an unwanted pregnancy and the arrangement that was made to avoid scandal. The arrangement places Lowe in a marriage of convenience with a mysterious widow, Miss Sylvie.

Lowe and Sylvie's relationship is complex, vivid, erotic, and full of secrets. Sylvie is a light-skinned black woman who, in the course of their three decades together, gives up three dark-skinned children for adoption. But Lowe's secret is much more startling, and remarkable..

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0156008297

ISBN13:: 9780156008297

kindle Asin:: 0156008297

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