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      The Pain Tree

      by Olive Senior
      Published
      Oct 2015
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      200
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      The Pain Tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. Among the characters we hear from are: poor folk making the best of past hardships ("Coal"); rich folk plotting future selfishness ("The Goodness of My Heart"); an old man, familiar with darkness, who discovers in foreign capitalism a force even he cannot control ("Boxed-In"); a young girl, uprooted to a new country, forced to shoulder her mother's unspoken burdens in addition to her own ("Lollipop"). Bookending these are two powerful stories about the inextricability of home and history: in "The Pain Tree," the protagonist comes to realize the love she has abandoned, and the pain she has left behind; in "Flying," the lead character, searching for that which has been missing most of his life, comes home for good.

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition Oct 2015 Cormorant Books ISBN13 9781770864344 ISBN10 1770864342
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      Mar 2017 Peepal Tree Press Ltd ISBN13 9781845233488 ISBN10 1845233484
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      Nov 2015 Cormorant Books ISBN13 9781770864351 ISBN10 1770864350
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      Nov 2015 Cormorant Books ISBN10 B018J2RFS0
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