The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel

By Naomi Jackson

Book Overview

This lyrical novel of community, betrayal, and love centres on an unforgettable matriarchal family in Barbados. Two sisters, ages ten and sixteen, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados (where the family has lived for centuries) after their mother can no longer care for them. This tautly paced coming-of-age story builds to a crisis when the father they barely know comes to Bird Hill to reclaim his daughters, and both must choose between the Brooklyn they once knew and loved and the Barbados of their family.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205957
• ISBN13: 9781594205958
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher