Annie John

3.7 avg 14616 votes

About this book

Since her first, prize-winning collection of stories, *At the Bottom of the River*, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. *The New York Times* hailed her "prophetic power" and the *Los Angeles Times Book Review* said: "No one else seems to be writing quite this way right now." With *Annie John*, the story of a young girl coming of age in Antigua, Kincaid tore open the theme that lies at the heart of all her fierce, incantatory novels: the ambivalent and essential bonds created by a mother's love. In this novel, written in Kincaid's lucid, elemental style, Annie John's ambivalence is universally familiar and wrenchingly real.

3.7 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 14616 votes
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Goodreads 3.7 14616
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3.7/5 · 14616 readers · 148 pages · ≈ 2 h 44 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Annie John?

About ≈ 2 h 44 m — 148 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mAnnie John~2 h 44 m

How many pages is Annie John?

148 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Annie John148

What genre is Annie John?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is Annie John in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Annie John?

Jamaica Kincaid.

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