Annie John

The Resource Annie John

Label

Annie John

Language

eng

Summary

Jamaica Kincaid presents a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua.An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence at the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she instinctively rebels against authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a "young lady," ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration and takes on the new and unfamiliar guise of adversary.At the end of her school years, Annie decides to leave Antigua and her family, but not without a measure of sorrow, especially for the mother she once knew and never ceases to mourn. "For I could not be sure," she reflects, "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world."A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Annie John focuses on a universal, tragic, and often comic theme: the loss of childhood. Annie's voice--urgent, demanding to be heard--is one that will not soon be forgotten

Cataloging source

BLACP

Dewey number

813.54

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

LC call number

PS3561.I425

Literary text for sound recordings

other

Music parts

not applicable

Target audience

general

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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Annie John

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Annie John

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The work Annie John represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Farmington Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.