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- Harriet’s Daughter is a 1988 novel by Caribbean author M. NourbeSe Philip. It tells the story of Margaret, a young girl of Barbadian descent, as she becomes obsessed with the figure of Harriet Tubman and attempts to rebel against her parents to send her best friend back home to Tobago.
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Plot Summary. Harriet’s Daughter is a 1988 novel by Caribbean author M. NourbeSe Philip. It tells the story of Margaret, a young girl of Barbadian descent, as she becomes obsessed with the figure of Harriet Tubman and attempts to rebel against her parents to send her best friend back home to Tobago. Taking place in 80’s Toronto, the book ...
Jan 1, 1988 · Harriet's Daughter is an interesting story about fourteen-year-old Margaret. She is trying had to be someone with 'style and class.' But the more she tries to come to terms with growing-up, relationships and responsibilities, the more things become confusing and her father's threat of 'Good West Indian Discipline' seems to be always at hand.
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- Marlene Nourbese Philip
Harriet’s Daughter has been critically acclaimed and much reviewed as ” a lively and insightful adolescent novel…about friendship, coming of age and identity”, a story “told with warmth, humour and skill.” that is “riveting, funny, and technically accomplished.”
Margaret is a fourteen year old girl living in Canada with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is the middle child and behaves as such. She is often scolded for being feisty and is always getting into trouble for one reason or another. Click here to see the rest of this review...
Harriet's Daughter. Margaret is fourteen and wants to help her best friend, Zulma, escape from Canada and fly back to Tobago to live with her grandmother. But, coming to terms with...
“Harriet’s Daughter is a title that the school librarian searching for good reading material cannot ignore. It is an authentic voice, speaking from the heart. The story, located in and around Toronto’s St. Clair Ave., flows naturally and the language is down to earth and…creative.”
In this charming, humorous and perceptive tale of adolescence, Marlene Nourbese Philip explores the friendship of two young black girls and throws into sharp relief the wider issues of culture and...
