Loved itit's a fascinating look at her life it's so beautifully so poetically written I felt like I had to really slow down as I was reading it because her sentences just had so much like power built into them but it's really beautiful read
Zami, a new spelling of my name (1982)
Others: Positive "Zami, a carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers." --Back cover A "biomythography" describing the author's childhood and coming of age and the relationships to other women that informed her life.
- ISBN:
- 9780044409489
- Length:
- 256 pages
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