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320 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241351093
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Publication date: 05 July 2018
Description
A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem, weak and half-blind. On she stumbles - through teenage pain and loneliness, but then to happiness in friendship, work and sex, from Washington Heights to Mexico, always changing, always strong. T...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,480 reviews
Moods
emotional 84%
inspiring 49%
challenging 33%
sad 30%
hopeful 29%
informative 24%
dark 13%
adventurous 9%
tense 7%
funny 5%
relaxing 2%
Pace
slow 27%
fast 11%
Average rating
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Graphic
Racism, Abortion, SuicideModerate
Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual contentMinor
Animal death, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
320 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241351093
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Publication date: 05 July 2018
Description
A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem, weak and half-blind. On she stumbles - through teenage pain and loneliness, but then to happiness in friendship, work and sex, from Washington Heights to Mexico, always changing, always strong. T...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,480 reviews
Moods
emotional 84%
inspiring 49%
challenging 33%
sad 30%
hopeful 29%
informative 24%
dark 13%
adventurous 9%
tense 7%
funny 5%
relaxing 2%
Pace
slow 27%
fast 11%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Abortion, SuicideModerate
Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual contentMinor
Animal death, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis