Lucy (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jamaica Kincaid
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Autobiographical
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: New York City and the Great Lakes
- Principal Characters: Lucy, Mariah, Lewis, Dinah, Hugh, Peggy
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: New York, NY
The Novel
A roughly autobiographical novel, Lucy deals with the experiences of a young Antiguan woman who, like Jamaica Kincaid herself, comes to New York City to work as a nanny in an effort to escape her repressive family and the narrow island life in which she has grown up. Her experiences in the city disillusion her, but while she copes with her disillusionment, she must come to terms with her family back in Antigua.
The episodic action of the five chapters of Lucy is narrated by Lucy herself, beginning with her first morning on her new job in New York....
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