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Author: Lorna Goodison
Publisher: Vehicule Press
Imprint: Vehicule Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 19.20cm
Weight: 0.249kg
ISBN: 9781550656213
ISBN 10: 155065621
Pages: 205
Publication Date: 01 March 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Praise for From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her People: 'Steeped in local lore and spiced with infectious dialect and ditties, Goodison's memoir reaches back over generations to evoke the mythic power of childhood.""-Publishers Weekly ""Goodison unveils intimate worlds teeming with all the local flavor and poignancy of a Zora Neale Hurston novel.""-Kirkus Reviews ""Goodison's prose creates memorable characters . and captures them at memorable moments, managing to remain intimate while simultaneously expanding the family history into a mythology of a distinct place and time.""-Globe and Mail ""A feat of history, imagination and artistic achievement .[It] is a sumptuous montage of landscapes, portraits and anecdotes-sepia-toned period pieces-that impress vividly upon the mind.""-Toronto Star
"Praise for From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her People: 'Steeped in local lore and spiced with infectious dialect and ditties, Goodison's memoir reaches back over generations to evoke the mythic power of childhood.""-Publishers Weekly ""Goodison unveils intimate worlds teeming with all the local flavor and poignancy of a Zora Neale Hurston novel.""-Kirkus Reviews ""Goodison's prose creates memorable characters . and captures them at memorable moments, managing to remain intimate while simultaneously expanding the family history into a mythology of a distinct place and time.""-Globe and Mail ""A feat of history, imagination and artistic achievement .[It] is a sumptuous montage of landscapes, portraits and anecdotes-sepia-toned period pieces-that impress vividly upon the mind.""-Toronto Star"
Author Information
Lorna Goodison was Jamaica's Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2020 and was the recipient of The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2019. She the author of numerous books of poetry and short fiction. Her acclaimed memoir, From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her People was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize and the Trillium Award, and won the B.C. Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Her Collected Poems appeared in 2017. Her most recent book of poetry, Mother Muse, was nominated for the Derek Walcott Prize in 2021. She lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.
