Jamaica Kincaid The Autobiography of My Mother Paperback Book

Xuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother. Xuela&rsquos vivid, visceral recollections of the lonely, unsettled life that follows the trauma of her arrival include that of her distant father, who sends her away to another household at the earliest opportunity of her passion for the stevedore Roland, who fulfils her sexually but not intellectually and of her husband, who provides her with status and a wealthy lifestyle but whom she is incapable of loving. Poetic and disturbing, The Autobiography of My Mother is one of Kincaid&rsquos most powerful statements of AfroCaribbean women&rsquos struggle for identity and independence, against a hostile backdrop of sexism and colonialism. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature. | Jamaica Kincaid The Autobiography of My Mother Paperback Book