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Victoire

by Maryse Condé

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Maryse Conde has pieced together the life of her maternal grandmother to create a moving and profound novel. The author's personal journey of discovery reveals Victoire, her white-skinned mestiza grandmother who worked as a cook for the Walbergs, a family of white Creoles in the French Antilles--Dust jacket.

CookeryFictionSocial life and customsWomen cooksGuadeloupe fiction (French)CooksNarrative (Guadeloupe)GrandmothersFiction, generalFiction, biographicalFiction, family life, generalCaribbean area, fiction