Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells

by Marcia Douglas

Book Overview

Flamingo, a young writer in Jamaica, finds herself enmeshed in the world of her fictional characters in this inspiring and poetic novel about hope and the ravages of recent Jamaican economic and social upheavals. When poverty, emigration, and political turmoil in the fictional world oblige Flamingo's characters to disperse, the one-eyed protagonist Alva solicits Flamingo's help to bring them back together. The innovative novel is organized as a writers'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845230167
• ISBN13: 9781845230166
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.1"