Summary
A critically acclaimed debut from an award-winning writer–an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands.
In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will eit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594633812 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1594633819 |
| Author: | Tiphanie Yanique |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Hudson Street Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 303g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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Praise for Land of Love and Drowning
“Yanique has written the best kind of summer read—lurid, yet layered and literary.” —NPR
“A feat of tropical magical realism.” —Vanity Fair
“Spellbinding.” —Elle
“Sink or swim is the guiding theme in this fantastical, generational novel.”—Marie Claire
“Lush.” —USA Today
About The Author
Tiphanie Yanique
Tiphanie Yanique is from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. The author of the story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony, she is a 2010 Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award winner and was named by the National Book Awards as one of 2011’s “5 Under 35.” She teaches at the New School and lives in Brooklyn and Saint Thomas.
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