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The Resource Little family, Ishmael Beah

Little family, Ishmael Beah

Label
Little family
Title
Little family
Statement of responsibility
Ishmael Beah
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A powerful novel about five young people, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together, from the internationally bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. Hidden away from a harsh and chaotic outside world, five young people have cobbled together a home for themselves in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country's tumult. At seventeen, Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise: the group's father figure. Clever Khoudimata is mother by default, helping scheme how to keep the younger boys-athletic, pragmatic Ndevui and thoughtful Kpindi-and especially little Namsa, their newest and youngest member-safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the small group may be able to keep the world at bay and their ad hoc family intact. But when Khoudi comes under the spell of the "Beautiful People"-the fortunate sons and daughters of the powerful and corrupt-the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and forge her own destiny proves impossible to resist. A profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the fate we're dealt, Little Family marks the further blossoming of a unique global voice"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
IEN/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1980-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Beah, Ishmael
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3602.E2417
LC item number
L58 2020
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Coming of age
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Homelessness
  • Africa
  • Sierra Leone
  • Bildungsromans
Label
Little family, Ishmael Beah
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1113368817
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
262 pages
Isbn
9780735211773
Lccn
2019049160
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1113368817
Label
Little family, Ishmael Beah
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1113368817
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
262 pages
Isbn
9780735211773
Lccn
2019049160
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1113368817

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