The Resource The new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson
The new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson
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Resource Information
The item The new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "A mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. It tells the story of a 50-something grandmother whose mother disappeared when she was a teenager and whose father has just passed away as she begins menopause. With this physical change of life comes a return of a special power for finding lost things, something she hasn't been able to do since childhood"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The new moon's arms
- Title
- The new moon's arms
- Statement of responsibility
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Title variation
- new moons arms
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueAbandoned boys
- trueSelf-discovery in women
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- trueFathers -- Death
- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueMagical realism
- trueGrandmothers
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueFoster children
- trueCanadian fiction
- Caribbean Area -- Fiction
- trueCaribbean Area
- trueUnplanned pregnancy
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Magic realism (Literature)
- trueMothers and daughters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. It tells the story of a 50-something grandmother whose mother disappeared when she was a teenager and whose father has just passed away as she begins menopause. With this physical change of life comes a return of a special power for finding lost things, something she hasn't been able to do since childhood"--Provided by publisher
- Summary
- A menopausal woman reflects on her recently deceased, neglectful father, and her mother who disappeared when she was a teenager, as she is presented with the opportunity to mother an orphaned 4-year-old boy. Her magical gift for recovering lost objects which has returned with her menopause, her grown daughter, and the lost boy all conspire to complicate her life.
- Award
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- Prix Aurora : Best Novel, 2008.
- Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2008.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 153852
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hopkinson, Nalo
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.H5927
- LC item number
- N48 2007
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grandmothers
- Caribbean Area
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson
- Control code
- ocm70199894
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- vi, 323 p.
- Isbn
- 9780446576918
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2006020985
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70199894
- Label
- The new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson
- Control code
- ocm70199894
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- vi, 323 p.
- Isbn
- 9780446576918
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2006020985
- System control number
- (OCoLC)70199894
Subject
- trueAbandoned boys
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueCaribbean Area
- Caribbean Area -- Fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueFathers -- Death
- trueFoster children
- trueGrandmothers
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- Magic realism (Literature)
- trueMagical realism
- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueMothers and daughters
- trueSelf-discovery in women
- trueUnplanned pregnancy
Genre
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- Magic realism (Literature)
- trueMagical realism
Included in
- truePrix Aurora/Aurora Awards: Best Novel
- trueSunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic: Adult
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