Bibliograph

The human origins of Beatrice Porter and other essential ghosts, a novel, Soraya Palmer

Type

Label

The human origins of Beatrice Porter and other essential ghosts, a novel, Soraya Palmer

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The human origins of Beatrice Porter and other essential ghosts

Oclc number

1373308839

Responsibility statement

Soraya Palmer

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn, Zora and Sasha Porter, drifting apart as they bear witness to their father's violence and their mother's worsening illness, must come together to answer to something more ancient and powerful than they know--and confront a long-buried family secret

Table Of Contents

What's My Name?: A Prelude -- Part I: Origins. Anansi's Daughters -- Devil in the Shape of a Rooster -- Tall Tales from Sasha Also Known as Ashes aka the Mannish Girl -- Once Upon a Time: Featuring Star Scars & Dreams of Flight -- Part II: Essential Ghosts. Sky Full a Curry and Purple Balloon -- Two Brothers, the Rolling Calf, and the Wind Herself -- Sasha & the Photograph -- An Unfortuante Event on Maple Street -- The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts -- Part III: Beatrice. Lost in Her Story -- Dglo -- The Anansi Stories -- Instructions for Communicating with Dead Mothers

Target audience

adult

Classification