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Published Sep 2009
320 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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Anna In-Between is Elizabeth Nunez's finest literary achievement to date. In spare prose, with laser-like attention to every word and the juxtaposition of words to each other, Nunez returns to themes of emotional alienation, within the context of class and color discrimination, so richly developed in her earlier novels.
Anna, the novel's main character who has a successful publishing career in the United States, is the daughter of an upper-class Caribbean family. While on vacation in the island home of her birth she discovers that her mother, Beatrice, has breast cancer. Beatrice categorically rejects all efforts to persuade her to go to the United States for treatment, even though it is, perhaps, her only chance of survival. Anna and her father, who tries to remain respectful of his wife’s wishes, must convince her to change her mind.
"Starred Review. Nunez deftly explores family strife and immigrant identity in her vivid latest." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Nunez, an award-winning author of seven novels (e.g., Prospero's Daughter), has created a moving and insightful character study while delving into the complexities of identity politics. Highly recommended for fiction collections." - Library Journal
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Elizabeth Nunez is provost at Medgar Evers College, the City University of New York, and an award-winning author of seven novels, including Prospero's Daughter and Bruised Hibiscus. She is co-editor with Jennifer Sparrow of the anthology Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad. She is also executive producer of the 2004 New York Emmy nominated CUNY TV series Black Writers in America. She divides her time between Amityville, New York, and Brooklyn.
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