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It begins with tears / [electronic resource] Opal Palmer Adisa.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: CWS (Series)Publication details: Oxford [England] ; Portsmouth, NH, USA : Heinemann, c1997.Description: 239 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0435989464
  • 9780435989460
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: It begins with tears.DDC classification:
  • 819.82 A235i 21
  • 813 21
LOC classification:
  • PR9265.9.A35 I86 1997
Other classification:
  • 18.07
Online resources: Review: "When the seductive Monica returns to her village, she wants to make a new start. But Kristoff village, set in the heart of rural Jamaica, is about to become a whirlpool of emotion. Every encounter with Monica stirs up women's dissatisfactions and men's desires. When those emotions develop into hatred and jealousy, Monica is made to pay for what she has done." "In this novel Opal Palmer Adisa brings to life a whole community and writes with understanding and compassion about the frailties of its inhabitants. Drawing on Jamaican folklore, she shows what is at the heart of village life, and how that life can be sustained."--BOOK JACKET.
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A novel.

"When the seductive Monica returns to her village, she wants to make a new start. But Kristoff village, set in the heart of rural Jamaica, is about to become a whirlpool of emotion. Every encounter with Monica stirs up women's dissatisfactions and men's desires. When those emotions develop into hatred and jealousy, Monica is made to pay for what she has done." "In this novel Opal Palmer Adisa brings to life a whole community and writes with understanding and compassion about the frailties of its inhabitants. Drawing on Jamaican folklore, she shows what is at the heart of village life, and how that life can be sustained."--BOOK JACKET.

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