Full name: The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel

Author: Naomi Jackson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Young adult, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781594205958 9780143109167 1594205957 0143109162

After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados to live with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah. Dionne spends the summer in search of love, testing her grandmother's limits, and wanting to go home. Phaedra explores Bird Hill, where her family has lived for generations, accompanies her grandmother in her role as a midwife, and investigates their mother's mysterious life. When the father they barely know comes to Bird Hill to reclaim his daughters, and both Phaedra and Dionne must choose between the Brooklyn they once knew and loved or the Barbados of their family. Similar books: Some Things That Stay by Sarah Willis The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti Iona Moon by Melanie Rae Thon Joy School by Elizabeth Berg Bilgewater by Jane Gardam Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen Towelhead by Alicia Erian Cambridge by Susanna Kaysen Finny by Justin Kramon The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr Dora by Lidia Yuknavitch All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison True to Form by Elizabeth Berg Undressing the Moon by T. Greenwood Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan We Were Here by Matt de la Pena Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian Scrawl by Mark Shulman