Description for Precious
Paperback. A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging 'William's writing is accomplished - pacey yet carefully spare, so that sadness and anger hover over her narrative rather than suffocate it' Sunday Times ‘Where are you from?' is a question I always find hard to answer. 1971: an ad in Nursery World. ‘Private foster parents required for a three-month-old baby' - me. The lucky applicants are a 57-year-old white woman and her daughter, who love babies, especially black babies. My mother arrives, a haughty Nigerian ... Read more
A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging 'William's writing is accomplished - pacey yet carefully spare, so that sadness and anger hover over her narrative rather than suffocate it' Sunday Times ‘Where are you from?' is a question I always find hard to answer. 1971: an ad in Nursery World. ‘Private foster parents required for a three-month-old baby' - me. The lucky applicants are a 57-year-old white woman and her daughter, who love babies, especially black babies. My mother arrives, a haughty Nigerian ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408810019
SKU
KAK0006724
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Precious Williams
Precious Williams is a former contributing editor to Cosmopolitan and her personal essays and celebrity interviews have also appeared in the Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, Wallpaper, Elle, Marie Claire and the New York Post. She lives in London.
Reviews for Precious
'William's writing is accomplished - pacey yet carefully spare, so that sadness and anger hover over her narrative rather than suffocate it'
Sunday Times
'A beautifully-written, fresh and brave debut'
Harpers' Bazaar
‘Gorgeously written with a fiercely honest voice'
Boston Globe
Sunday Times
'A beautifully-written, fresh and brave debut'
Harpers' Bazaar
‘Gorgeously written with a fiercely honest voice'
Boston Globe