Joy e-bog
52,75 DKK
(inkl. moms 65,94 DKK)
"e;All families got secrets, but Joy's had more than their fair share. So while I'm able to tell you what she did, ain't no use me pretending that I know why ... they was just born under bad moons."e;This is the story of Joy Bang and her sisters, three singers who dream of a glittering future that briefly, too briefly is theirs. When Joy dies unexpectedly, the floodgates of Baby Palatin...
E-bog
52,75 DKK
Forlag
Fourth Estate
Udgivet
30 januar 2014
Genrer
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780007483150
"e;All families got secrets, but Joy's had more than their fair share. So while I'm able to tell you what she did, ain't no use me pretending that I know why ... they was just born under bad moons."e;This is the story of Joy Bang and her sisters, three singers who dream of a glittering future that briefly, too briefly is theirs. When Joy dies unexpectedly, the floodgates of Baby Palatine's memory are opened. Foster mother to the sisters from their childhood, she remembers the hopes and dreams which fuelled their meteoric rise. But as the family gathers for the funeral, Baby is forced to acknowledge that as well as the Joy she loved and worshipped, there was another Joy she had never known ...A compelling story of jealousy and love, tragedy and deception, and of growing up black in a white world, this is Marsha Hunt's powerful first novel.