140 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780698152281
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados to live with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of ob...
Community Reviews Summary of 274 reviews
Moods
emotional 50%
sad 37%
adventurous 12%
dark 12%
funny 12%
hopeful 12%
inspiring 12%
Pace
medium 37%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 33%Strong character development?
Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 14%Loveable characters?
Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 85% | No: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 14%Average rating
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140 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780698152281
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados to live with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of ob...
Community Reviews Summary of 274 reviews
Moods
emotional 50%
sad 37%
adventurous 12%
dark 12%
funny 12%
hopeful 12%
inspiring 12%
Pace
medium 37%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 33%Strong character development?
Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 14%Loveable characters?
Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 85% | No: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 14%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.