In the chaotic multicultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American, and 'Putagee' voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, four little girls, two sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - four mad people (including Uncle Joe the safe one), sexy Marilyn (an early developer), Rasta types, strict Catholic Portuguese mothers and slightly less strict Hindu ones, teachers, politicians, ministers, and the world, for ...
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In the chaotic multicultural atmosphere of Golden Grove, with African, Asian, Native American, and 'Putagee' voices mingling to create an exuberant language of Guyana's own, four little girls, two sets of sisters, all on the brink of puberty, are growing up. The town is peopled by vivid, stormy types - four mad people (including Uncle Joe the safe one), sexy Marilyn (an early developer), Rasta types, strict Catholic Portuguese mothers and slightly less strict Hindu ones, teachers, politicians, ministers, and the world, for the girls, is full of daily wonder and a constant assessing of just how far they can go. Against the background of their growing up is the disintegration of the state they live in, an encroaching but mysterious (to the children) political threat as state control tightens. Between them, they manage to make a free world for themselves, until the night when the Government cracks down and the girls are caught up in the mayhem.
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New York. 1999. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark. 0525945067. 170 pages. hardcover. Cover: Sharon Smith/Photonica. keywords: Literature Black Guyana Caribbean. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood into adolescence, Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove: its eccentric families, its sweeping joys, and its sudden tragedies. The novel brings to life 1970s Guyana-a world at a cultural and political crossroads-and perfectly captures a child's keen observations, sense of wonder, and the growing complexity of consciousness that marks the passage from innocence to experience. inventory #33781.
