false 1785989 2 <blockquote> <p> "Throughout her life my mother [Doris] lived in two places at once: Kingston, Jamaica, where she raised a family of nine children, and Harvey River, in the parish of Hanover, where she was born and grew up." </p> </blockquote> <p> In the tradition of Michael Ondaatje's <i>Running in the Family</i> and Carlos Eire's <i>Waiting for Snow in Havana</i> comes Lorna Goodison's luminous memoir of her forebears&#8212;<i>From Harvey River</i>. When Doris' English grandfather, William Harvey, discovers a clearing at the end of a path cut by the feet of those running from slavery, he gives his name to what will become his family's home for generations. For Doris, Harvey River is the place she always called home, the place where she was one of the "fabulous Harvey girls" and where the rich local bounty of the land went hand in hand with the Victorian niceties and comforts of her parents' house. It is a place she will return to in dreams when her fortunes change, years later, and she and her husband, Marcus Goodison, relocate to "hard life" Kingston and encounter the harsh realities of urban living in close quarters as they raise their family of nine children. </p> <p> In lush prose, Lorna Goodison weaves memory and island lore to create a vivid, universally appealing tapestry. </p> 1784873 2007 From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island total:30|5:8|4:13|3:9|2:0|1:0| 30 119 73 9 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 10:33:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 10:45:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 21:15:40 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 21:21:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:39:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 17:43:22 -0700 2009 Once 5 0 false false Fri Apr 04 12:37:39 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 12:41:15 -0700 2008
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