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Kincaid married her editors son, allen shawn, and they had a daughter, annie, in 1985 and a son, harold, in 1989. My garden book kindle edition by kincaid, jamaica, jill fox. Writing only a year after the death of her brother, kincaid the autobiography of my mother, 1996, etc. Shifting identities and locations in jamaica kincaids my. Leaving the confines of the city, kincaid had ample space to garden, and she published my garden book in 1999. A quirky, entertaining, and richly emotional look at the inner life of one particularly introspective and perceptive gardener. May 15, 2001 in her garden writing, kincaid connects the dots between hollyhocks and cotton and paints a notsopretty picture that casts aside romantic garden notions and excavates deeprooted issues like colonial ism, slavery, socioeconomic class and prejudice. One year later, her mother sent her to new york to work as au pair, and jamaica cut relations with her family for the following twenty years. An enthusiastic and knowledgeable gardener, she is also the author of many essays on the subject and of my garden book 1999.
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