A Simple Distance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781933354118)

When Jean Sousa's uncle, a high-ranking politician on the fictional Caribbean -island of Baobique, is diagnosed with brain cancer, Jean is forced to reconcile difficult family relationships and her place among them.

Author: K. E. Silva
ISBN-10: 1933354119
ISBN-13: 9781933354118
Publisher: Akashic Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 205
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.32w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/14/2006 pg. 182
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2006 pg. 807
Ebony 12/01/2006 pg. 42
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2007 pg. 44

About the Author
K.E. Silva was born and raised in the mid-western United States; her parents in the West Indies, where her mother returned over a decade ago. Ms. Kingstown lives and writes in Northern California. She also practices civil rights law. This is her first novel.