Daughters (Magill Book Reviews)

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DAUGHTERS continues and expands themes that Marshall first explored in BROWN GIRL, BROWNSTONES (1959). Ursa Beatrice Mackenzie, a small, brilliant woman, makes her way in New York City, battling against loneliness, racism, sexism. The daughter of Primus Mackenzie, a West Indian politician from the fictional Caribbean island of Triunion and his American wife, Estelle, Ursa makes tough but necessary decisions, including having an abortion, quitting a job that was for her ethically ambiguous, breaking up a long-standing relationship, and, perhaps most problematic for her, helping a...

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