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Monster in the middle
- Title
- Monster in the middle / Tiphanie Yanique.
- Author
- Yanique, Tiphanie
- Publication
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- 267 pages : map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This novel maps the romantic history and emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love. Monster in the Middle moves from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing"--
- When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He is a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She is a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. Their story moves across decades, from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is intrinsically influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing. What challenges and traumas must this new couple inherit, what hopes and ambitions will keep them moving forward? -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Romance fiction.
- American fiction – African American women authors.
- Contents
- Love letter -- Fly. Oakland Gomorrah ; Extermination ; God's caravan ; Other women ; The special world -- Stela. The living sea ; Monster in the middle ; Belly of the whale ; Experimental studies ; Rooted -- Stela and fly. Sestina ; Meeting the monster.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-151
- ISBN
- 9781594633607
- 1594633606
- 9780593421185
- 0593421183
- LCCN
- 2021006556
- OCLC
- 1238127942
- Author
- Yanique, Tiphanie, author.
- Title
- Monster in the middle / Tiphanie Yanique.
- Publisher
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-151