B.G. Bhagee

- Memories of a Colonial Childhood

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  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 243 sider

Beskrivelse

B.G. is British Guiana; Bhagee is a fiery local stew. Philippa was the second daughter in a family of six children growing up in mid-20th century in colonial Guyana. She recounts her Sisyphean trials growing up a Carrington in Lot 10, First Street, Georgetown -- from the women's battles to the neighbours that never wore clothes to the relatives who walked with their shoes in their hands. Her stories come from a lost civilization of pre-independence stability just as the anarchic blessing of democracy came to the Caribbean. Her escapes came by winning scholarships -- first to Bishops, the prestigious girls' school where new trials and adventures awaited her, and later to Connecticut College.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal243
  • Udgivelsesdato09-07-2011
  • ISBN139781461192190
  • Forlag Createspace
  • FormatPaperback
  • Udgave0
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt258 g
  • Dybde1,2 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    13,3 cm
    20,3 cm

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