Frying plantain / Zalika Reid-Benta.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487005351
- ISBN: 1487005350
- ISBN: 9781487005368
- ISBN: 1487005369
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Toronto : Astoria, 2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Short stories. |
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Subject: | Short stories, Canadian. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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- Holiday House
Set in a neighbourhood known as 'Little Jamaica," Frying Plantain follows one young girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants and first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity and predominantly white society.
Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle ' of her North American identity and her desire to be a 'true' Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother's rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too 'faas' or too 'quiet' or too 'bold' or too 'soft.' Set in a neighbourhood known as 'Little Jamaica," Kara moves from girlhood to the threshold of adulthood, from elementary school to high school graduation, in these twelve interconnected stories. We see her on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pig's head in her great-aunt's freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmother's house, trying to cope with the ongoing battles between her unyielding grandparents.
A rich and unforgettable portrait of growing up between worlds, Frying Plantain shows how, in one charged moment, friendship and love can turn to enmity and hate, well-meaning protection can become control, and teasing play can turn to something much darker. - House Of Anansi
Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates Black identity in a predominantly white society. - House Of Anansi
Set in the neighbourhood of âLittle Jamaica,â Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.
Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle â of her North American identity and her desire to be a âtrueâ Jamaican, of her mother and grandmotherâs rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too âfaasâ or too âquietâ or too âboldâ or too âsoft.â In these twelve interconnected stories, we see Kara on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pigâs head in her great-auntâs freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmotherâs house, trying to cope with ongoing battles of unyielding authority.
A rich and unforgettable portrait of growing up between worlds, Frying Plantain shows how, in one charged moment, friendship and love can turn to enmity and hate, well-meaning protection can become control, and teasing play can turn to something much darker.