Nalo Hopkinson

Blackheart Man

Brown Girl in the Ring

Published 1998-07-01 · 126 pages

Set in Toronto after the turn of the millennium, Brown Girl in the Ring focuses on "The Burn," the inner city left when Toronto's economic base collapsed. Young Ti-Jeanne lives with her grandmother, who runs a trade in herbal medicine that is vital to the disenfranchised of The Burn. A fascinating cast of characters combined with the dark world of Afro-Caribbean magic create an altogether original and compelling story by an intriguing new voice.

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Brought into being by the lamentations of three Caribbean slave women, a powerful deity begins a search to discover herself and inhabits the minds of three women throughout history.