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If I survive you / Jonathan Escoffery.
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains motivated, often to its own detriment, by what their younger son, Trelawny, calls "the exquisite, racking compulsion to survive." "A collection of humorous and harrowing linked stories following a Jamaican-American family as they seek stability upon moving to Miami"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374605988
- ISBN: 037460598X
- Physical Description: 260 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : MCD : 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | In flux -- Under the ackee tree -- Odd jobs -- Pestilence -- Splashdown -- Independent living -- If he suspected he'd get someone killed this morning, Delano would never leave his couch -- If I survive you. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Jamaicans > Florida > Miami > Fiction. Jamaican Americans > Fiction. Families > Florida > Miami > Fiction. Moving, Household > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Linked stories. |
Available copies
- 21 of 23 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION ESCOFFE (Text) | 50686016220514 | Adult Fiction | In Transit | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION ESCOFFE (Text) | 50686016223963 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | F ESC (Text) | 37268003166113 | AHMFL Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F ESC (Text) | 33240004969112 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | F ESC (Text) | 75011000382207 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dalton Community Library | FICTION ESCOFFE (Text) | 50689010458692 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults ESC Fiction (Text) | 34001001422870 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | FIC ESCOFFERY, JONATHAN (Text) | 36446002073685 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gettysburg Library | FIC ESCOFFERY JONATHAN (Text) | 35740635883051 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Escoffery (Text) | 39427103674438 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kutztown Community Library | ESC (Text) | 33249024876538 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | FIC ESC (Text) | 33400001566838 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults ESC Fiction (Text) | 33454005880380 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | F ESC (Text) | 34422007202282 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults ESC Fiction (Text) | 34318001211248 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Pottsville Free Public Library | FIC ESCO (Text) | 30003009118975 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | ESCOFFERY, JONATHAN (Text) | 34455006937839 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barrett Paradise Friendly Library | F Esc (Text) | 37171000217493 | Adult New Books | Checked Out | 05/04/2024 |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009634230 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Clymer Library | FIC ESC (Text) | 32596000529908 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dingman Township Library | F ESC (Text) | 30352101331709 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | ESCOFFERY (Text) | 31901004641280 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Western Pocono Community Library | F Esc (Text) | 31119000571290 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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