Bethany Bettany
| Author | : Fred D'Aguiar |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-07-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1784705403 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781784705404 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (404 Downloads) |
Download or read book Bethany Bettany written by Fred D'Aguiar and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Caribbean country on the verge of collapse. A small town called Boundary. A rambling house inhabited by three generations of the Abrahams family. And a little girl who is trying to make sense of it all. Bethany Bettany is five years old when her father dies and her mother leaves her to fend for herself in the Abrahams household. The place simmers with resentment: her uncles and aunts think her mother killed her father; her grandmother refuses to leave her room. Bethany is the scapegoat for it all. In Bethany, D'Aguiar has created both a loveable character and a symbol for the search of a nation to make itself whole. If Boundary is Guyana, then Bethany Bettany - a girl torn between two names - is the spirit of its people poised for flight.
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