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Red Jacket

von: Pamela Mordecai
8,49 €
Verlag:	Dundurn
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	28.02.2015
ISBN/EAN:	9781459729421
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	400

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Titelbeschreibung

2015 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize 2015 — Short-listed
 
 
As she comes into adulthood, Grace confronts the mystery of her own identity and the story of her birth mother in this sprawling, large-hearted novel.
 
 Growing up on the Caribbean island of St. Chris, Grace Carpenter never feels like she really belongs. Although her large, extended family is black, she is a redibo. Her skin is copper-coloured, her hair is red, and her eyes are grey. A neighbour taunts her, calling her “a little red jacket,” but the reason for the insult is never explained. Only much later does Grace learn the story of her birth mother and decipher the mystery surrounding her true identity.
 
 “A compelling tale of faith and family, ranging from the dusty landscapes of West Africa to the rich flavours of the Caribbean.” — WILL FERGUSON, Giller Prize–winning author of
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Titelkurzbeschreibung

Teased for her light skin and red hair during her childhood on St. Chris, Grace is puzzled about why she looks different from her family. As she comes into adulthood, Grace confronts the mystery of her own identity and the story of her birth mother in this sprawling, large-hearted novel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<ul>
<li>PRELUDE </li>
<li>GRACE </li>
<li>Chapter 1: A Girl Child in Wentley Plantation </li>
<li>Chapter 2: The Boys to the Rescue</li>
<li>Chapter 3: The Burning Tree and the Balloon Man</li>
<li>Chapter 4: Grace and Pansy</li>
<li>Chapter 5: Professor Carpenter</li>
<li>Chapter 6: Queenstown</li>
<li>Chapter 7: Grace Gets Ready</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 8: The Chancellor</li>
<li>JIMMY </li>
<li>Chapter 9: Father John Kelly, S.J.</li>
<li>Chapter 10:Baggage</li>
<li>Chapter 11: Father John Goes for a Walk</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 12: Femina Ludens or the Chancellor's Wife</li>
<li>GRACE </li>
<li>Chapter 13: Grace Settles In</li>
<li>Chapter 14: A Binding Headache</li>
<li>Chapter 15: Grace Finds a Church</li>
<li>Chapter 16: Grace Joins a Battle</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 17: The Chancellor Considers</li>
<li>JIMMY </li>
<li>Chapter 18: Ordination</li>
<li>Chapter 19: Mapome's Game</li>
<li>MARK</li>
<li>Chapter 20: Doublespeak</li>
<li>GRACE </li>
<li>Chapter 21: Back to St. Chris</li>
<li>Chapter 22: A Parcel</li>
<li>Chapter 23: First and Last</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 24: No Rest for the Wicked</li>
<li>GRACE </li>
<li>Chapter 25: Gramps Travels</li>
<li>Chapter 26: Grace Meets Phyllis</li>
<li>Chapter 27: Letters and More Letters</li>
<li>Chapter 28: A Graduation Fuss</li>
<li>Chapter 29: A Letter of Apology</li>
<li>Chapter 30: Death and Disappearance </li>
<li>Chapter 31: Charlie </li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 32: Coming to Order</li>
<li>GRAMPS </li>
<li>Chapter 33: Ralston</li>
<li>Chapter 34: Open Secrets</li>
<li>Chapter 35: Two Letters from New York City</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 36: Mirando y Dejando</li>
<li>GRACE AND JIMMY </li>
<li>Chapter 37: Grace Arrives in Mabuli</li>
<li>Chapter 38: Troubling Trouble</li>
<li>Chapter 39: La Sage-femme or The Midwife</li>
<li>Chapter 40: More Wordplay</li>
<li>Chapter 41: Offspring</li>
<li>Chapter 42: One Night with You</li>
<li>Chapter 43: An Occasion of Sin?</li>
<li>MARK </li>
<li>Chapter 44: Waiting</li>
<li>GRACE AND JIMMY </li>
<li>Chapter 45: Landings</li>
<li>Chapter 46: The Lady in the Park</li>
<li>Chapter 47: Another Visit and a Summons</li>
<li>Chapter 48: Secrets</li>
<li>Chapter 49: Graduation </li>
<li>Chapter 50: A Hypothetical</li>
<li>MARK</li>
<li>Chapter 51: To Come or Not to Come</li>
<li>GRACE AND JIMMY</li>
<li>Chapter 52: A Pain in the ...</li>
<li>Chapter 53: Two Widowers in Barcelona</li>
<li>Chapter 54: An Unexpected Trip</li>
<li>MARK, JIMMY, GRACE</li>
<li>Chapter 55: Showtime</li>
<li>Chapter 56: Groaning Towards the Spirit</li>
<li>Chapter 57: Your Cheating Heart</li>
<li>Chapter 58: Throwing Words</li>
<li>Chapter 59: A Dream</li>
<li>Acknowledgements </li>
<li>Glossary</li>
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Autorenportrait

Pamela Mordecai was born in Jamaica. She has published five collections of poetry and an anthology of short fiction. She has also written many textbooks and edited or co-edited groundbreaking anthologies of Caribbean writing. Her poetry for children is widely anthologized. Her poems have been shortlisted for the Canada Writes CBC Poetry Prize and the Bridport Prize (U.K.). She is the recipient of the Institute of Jamaica’s Centenary and Bronze Musgrave Medals, the Vic Reid Award for Children’s Writing, and the Burla Award. Pamela lives in Kitchener.