Camille's Lakou - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marie LéticéeSeries:Global Black Writers in TranslationPublish date:8/15/2025Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Vanderbilt University PressISBN-13:9780826507679ISBN-10:826507670UPC:9780826507679Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of AgeSize:8.82 x 5.83 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCP3PYAJVQ
Camille has worked her way up from the Guadeluopean lakou where she was born and raised to the heights of Orlando, where she is a successful motivational speaker. Her assistant, Evelyn, is struggling as a single mother, especially since she has been keeping the existence of her son a secret from her family in Jamaica. As Camille relates the story of her life to Evelyn, she urges Evelyn to see her...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Vanderbilt University PressISBN-13:9780826507679ISBN-10:826507670UPC:9780826507679Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of AgeSize:8.82 x 5.83 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCP3PYAJVQ
Marie Léticée is the pen name of the multimedia, multilingual Guadeloupean writer and educator Akosua Fadhili Afrika. Her first novel, originally titled Moun lakou, was published by Ibis Rouge Éditions, a French Guyanese press, in 2016. A sequel, Du haut de l'autre bord, appeared in 2020 and charts the further development of characters introduced in Moun lakou. Both novels are now distributed by...
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