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Brown Girl, Brownstones

Paule Marshall
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Region

Diaspora

Barbados/USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

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Selina Boyce comes of age in Brooklyn's Barbadian immigrant community, navigating between cultures.

Literary Significance

One of first novels depicting Black immigrant experience; influenced later writers

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Selina Boyce comes of age in Brooklyn's Barbadian immigrant community, navigating between cultures. One of first novels depicting Black immigrant experience; influenced later writers

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