An edition of Praisesong for the widow (1983)

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An edition of Praisesong for the widow (1983)

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Publish Date
Publisher
Putnam's, Putnam Adult
Language
English
Pages
256

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Previews available in: English

Subjects
African American women, Americans, Fiction, Grenadian Americans, Ocean travel, Women travelers, Granadian Americans, Race identity, Widows, African Americans, Travel, Social life and customs, Caribbean Women authors, Women, Avey Johnson (Fictitious character), Manners and customs, Caribbean Short stories, Fiction, general, American fiction, Fiction, women, Fiction, biographical, Widows, fiction, Caribbean area, fiction
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Caribbean Area, Grenada

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Cover of: Ein Loblied für die Witwe
Ein Loblied für die Witwe: Roman einer Reise
1986-07, Rowohlt, Rowohlt Verlag
Taschenbuch in German - Deutsche Erstausgabe
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Cover of: Praisesong for the widow
Praisesong for the widow
1984, Dutton
in English
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Cover of: Praisesong for the widow
Praisesong for the widow
1983, Penguin Books USA Inc.
in English
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Cover of: Praisesong for the widow
Praisesong for the widow
February 14, 1983, Putnam's, Putnam Adult
in English
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Praisesong for the widow
1983, Virago
in English
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First Sentence

"With a strength born of the decision that had just come to her in the middle of the night, Avey Johnson forced the suitcase shut on the clothes piled inside and slid the lock into place."

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.A7223 P7 1983

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3493319M
Internet Archive
praisesongforwid00marsrich
ISBN 10
0399127542
ISBN 13
9780399127540
LCCN
82013215
OCLC/WorldCat
8626833
Library Thing
271750
Goodreads
625128

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With a strength born of the decision that had just come to her in the middle of the night, Avey Johnson forced the suitcase shut on the clothes piled inside and slid the lock into place.
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