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  • On a Woman's Madness

    by Astrid Roemer ...
    Translated by Lucy Scott ...
    A classic of queer literature that’s as electrifying today as it was when it originally appeared in 1982, On a Woman’s Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman merely trying to live a life of her choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America's tropical northeastern coast, for the ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Off-White

    by Astrid Roemer ...
    Translated by Jan Steyn ...
    It’s 1966 in Suriname, on the Caribbean coast of South America, and the long shadow of colonialism still hangs over the country. Grandma Bee is the proud, cigar-smoking matriarch of the Vanta family, which is an intricate mix of Creole, Maroon, French, Indian, Indigenous, British, and Jewish backgrounds. But Grandma Bee is dying, a cough has settled deep in her lungs.The approaching end has her ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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    Off-White

    by Astrid Roemer ...
    Narrated by Christel Mutombo ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 29 min

    It’s 1966 in Suriname, on the Caribbean coast of South America, and the long shadow of colonialism still hangs over the country. Grandma Bee is the proud, cigar-smoking matriarch of the Vanta family, which is an intricate mix of Creole, Maroon, French, Indian, Indigenous, British, and Jewish backgrounds. But Grandma Bee is dying, a cough has settled deep in her lungs.The approaching end has her ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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