<![CDATA[Lucy]]>

false <![CDATA[Lucy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170711321m/69719.jpg 69719 10 <div>The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in paperback Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple--handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Yet, alomst at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade. With mingled anger and compassion, Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place. Lucy has no illusions about her own past, but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is. At the same time that Lucy is coming to terms with Lewis's and Mariah's lives, she is also unravelling the mysteries of her own sexuality. Gradually a new person unfolds: passionate, forthright, and disarmingly honest. In Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid has created a startling new character possessed with adamantine clearsightedness and ferocious integrity--a captivating heroine for our time. </div> 1109454 1991 Lucy total:627|5:143|4:223|3:182|2:64|1:15| 627 2296 821 70 4 1 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 18:40:49 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 18:42:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:15:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:21:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:34:43 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 04:47:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 20:13:10 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 16:21:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 13:33:16 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 13:37:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:52:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:13:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 21:30:02 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 18:44:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 28 08:18:15 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 19:13:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 21:30:15 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 21:41:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 08:56:19 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:31:51 -0700 2008
From the first page I was taken in to this...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Apr 25 22:40:52 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 22:40:52 -0700 2009 comes to the U.S. to become a nanny for a well-to-do family. Well
written, quick read. Lucy is a very angry person, especially toward
her mother, the rationalizations for which were not quite enough to
explain so...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 19 10:49:08 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:00:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 22:08:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 22:10:30 -0800 2009 At the Bottom of the River, a stunning collection of short stories by Jamaica. But I also recall being taken in by the narrator's (Lucy's) voice and ob...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Dec 14 21:01:14 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 21:03:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 04:54:10 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 04:54:21 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 05:33:23 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 05:34:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 21:48:45 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 21:50:07 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 19:56:16 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:37:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Mar 24 12:02:15 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 12:03:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 09:10:34 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 09:13:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=69719