My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy
Rosa Guy's tropical retelling of The Little Mermaid is the gorgeous, tragic love story of D sir e, a beautiful peasant girl who devotes herself to the handsome, aristocratic young man whose life she has saved. When his upper-class fami-ly feels that D sir e's skin is too dark and her family too poor for a boy destined for power and wealth, D sir e proves that she is willing to give everything for love. This lovely reprint will break your heart.
Born in Trinidad, Rosa Guy has written 15 novels and has received the Coretta Scott King Award, and The New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year citation.
Rosa Guy was born in Trinidad in 1922. After a troubled childhood and being forced to support her siblings at the age of 14, Ms. Guy pursued acting at the American Negro Theater in Harlem. She helped found the Harlem Writers Guild in 1950. Rosa Guy went on to become one of the most acclaimed young adult authors of the 20th century. She was known for writing very candidly about subjects that few others dared to broach in young adult fiction, including tensions between American blacks and Afro-Caribbean immigrants, and gay romance. Guy passed away in 2012.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781566891318 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566891310 |
| Title | My Love, My Love |
| Author | Rosa Guy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
| Year published | 2002-09-19 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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