Map of Ireland: A Novel
by Stephanie Grant
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Author: Stephanie GrantEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-04
ISBN: 1416556222
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Review: A fearless writer
Summary: 5 Stars
I really admired this novel. Stephanie Grant gives us a protagonist who is narrow-minded and ignorant, a product of her racist family and community, and at the same time smart, cynical, yearning for love, eager to transcend her circumstances. I found that quite brave, just as her irreverent portrayal of eating disorders was in Map of Ireland. She is an honest and fearless writer who shakes you up and challenges you. I love that!
Summary of Map of Ireland: A Novel
In 1974, when Ann Ahern begins her junior year of high school, South Boston is in crisis -- Catholic mothers are blockading buses to keep Black children from the public schools, and teenagers are raising havoc in the streets. Ann, an outsider in her own Irish-American community, is infatuated with her beautiful French teacher, Mademoiselle Eug?nie, who hails from Paris but is of African descent. Spurred by her adoration for Eug?nie, Ann embarks on a journey that leads her beyond South Boston, through the fringes of the Black Power movement, toward love, and ultimately to the truth about herself.In this ambitious and arresting novel, Stephanie Grant's searing prose, powerful storytelling, and richly drawn characters bring tumultuous moment in American history into perfect focus.
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