Fingerprints of previous owners: a novel
(Book)
"At a Caribbean resort built atop a former slave plantation, Myrna works as a maid by day; by night she trespasses on the resort's overgrown inland property, secretly excavating the plantation ruins that her island community refuses to acknowledge. Rapt by the crumbling walls of the once slave-owner's estate, she explores the unspoken history of the plantation--a site where her ancestors once worked the land, but which the resort now uses as a lookout point for tourists. When Myrna discovers a book detailing the experiences of slaves, who still share a last name with the majority of the islanders, her investigation becomes deeply personal, extending to her neighbors and friends, and explaining her mother's self-imposed silence and father's disappearance. A new generation begins to speak about the past just as racial tensions erupt between the resort and the local island community when an African-American tourist at the resort is brutally attacked."--Publisher's description.
Notes
Entel, R. (2017). Fingerprints of previous owners: a novel. Los Angeles, California, Unamed Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Entel, Rebecca. 2017. Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel. Los Angeles, California, Unamed Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Entel, Rebecca, Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel. Los Angeles, California, Unamed Press, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Entel, Rebecca. Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel. Los Angeles, California, Unamed Press, 2017.
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