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The Star Side of Bird Hill

by Naomi Jackson

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2016 · Shortlist
Penguin PressLiterary FictionISBN 9781594206443

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Debut Fiction)2016Shortlist

About This Book

Two Brooklyn sisters are sent to live with their grandmother in Barbados for the summer, where they discover the island's rhythms, their grandmother's folk healing practice, and the painful reason they were sent away. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction.

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