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The Sun, the Sea, A Touch of the Wind
Having found hard-won success, a brash, attractive black artist suffers a nervous breakdown and flees to the Haiti of the 1970s, where she incurs the wrath of the authorities and saves a helpless child. 10,000 first printing. Tour.
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First published September 1, 1995
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Rosa Guy
29 books78 followersRosa Cuthbert Guy (1925-2012) was an American writer.
Born in Trinidad, Rosa Guy moved to the United States with her family at the age of seven, where they settled in New York in 1932. Soon after, her parents, Henry and Audrey Cuthbert, died. After, she and her sister went to many foster homes. She quit school at age fourteen and took a job to help support her family.
During World War II she joined the American Negro Theatre. She studied theatre and writing at the University of New York.
Guy wrote a number of books aimed at young adults. Many of her books reflect on the dependability of family members who love and care for one other. Her works include: Bird at My Window (1966), Children of Longing (1971), The Friends (1973), Ruby (1976), Edith Jackson (1978), The Disappearance (1979), Mirror of Her Own (1981), A Measure of Time (1983), and New Guys Around the Block (1983), Paris, Pee Wee and Big Dog (1984), My Love, My Love, or the Peasant Girl (1985), And I Heard a Bird Sing (1987).
She is divorced from Warner Guy, with whom she had a son, Warner Guy Jr.
Born in Trinidad, Rosa Guy moved to the United States with her family at the age of seven, where they settled in New York in 1932. Soon after, her parents, Henry and Audrey Cuthbert, died. After, she and her sister went to many foster homes. She quit school at age fourteen and took a job to help support her family.
During World War II she joined the American Negro Theatre. She studied theatre and writing at the University of New York.
Guy wrote a number of books aimed at young adults. Many of her books reflect on the dependability of family members who love and care for one other. Her works include: Bird at My Window (1966), Children of Longing (1971), The Friends (1973), Ruby (1976), Edith Jackson (1978), The Disappearance (1979), Mirror of Her Own (1981), A Measure of Time (1983), and New Guys Around the Block (1983), Paris, Pee Wee and Big Dog (1984), My Love, My Love, or the Peasant Girl (1985), And I Heard a Bird Sing (1987).
She is divorced from Warner Guy, with whom she had a son, Warner Guy Jr.
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February 28, 2016
Hmmm...I think the most interesting and strongest aspect of this book is the character-writing. The main character is really emotionally unstable because of trauma and so she's written with mood swings all over the place. Her relations with people are all over the place - she can like people and dislike them in 5 minutes. I think it's a really insightful look into how people react to trauma.
Johnnie Dash is an accurate name for her because of how she reacts to trauma. The character really makes a journey in the end, facing something in the end. Her decision at the end surprised me, but I think I like it.
Sometimes the plot was a little hard to follow, there are some non-linear aspects of writing, but in the end it was clear.
It was also a really good look at people interacting between the African Diaspora. There were a lot of voices in this book.
I gave it three stars on the first read but I have a feeling that if I re-read it and sat down with it in class or something, I'd bump that up. This is definitely not a "relax at the beach" book, this is a book that requires analysis and emotional involvement.
Trigger Warnings like whoa:
There is a lot of child abuse mentioned, including sexual child abuse, both past and present.
Johnnie Dash is an accurate name for her because of how she reacts to trauma. The character really makes a journey in the end, facing something in the end. Her decision at the end surprised me, but I think I like it.
Sometimes the plot was a little hard to follow, there are some non-linear aspects of writing, but in the end it was clear.
It was also a really good look at people interacting between the African Diaspora. There were a lot of voices in this book.
I gave it three stars on the first read but I have a feeling that if I re-read it and sat down with it in class or something, I'd bump that up. This is definitely not a "relax at the beach" book, this is a book that requires analysis and emotional involvement.
Trigger Warnings like whoa:
There is a lot of child abuse mentioned, including sexual child abuse, both past and present.
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