The Girl from Lamaha Street A Guyanese Girl at a 1950s English Boarding School and Her Search for Belonging
The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese Girl at a 1950s English Boarding School and Her Search for Belonging by Sharon Maas is a poignant exploration of identity and belonging. Published by Octopus Publishing Group on April 7, 2022, this 288-page book is written in English. It follows the journey of a young girl from British Guiana who, raised in a liberal household, finds herself navigating the rigid environment of a conservative boarding school in England.
Readers will discover Sharon’s experiences as she grapples with cultural differences and the challenges of fitting in among her peers. The narrative delves into her reflections on family, freedom, and the stark contrasts between her upbringing and the expectations at school. Through her personal memoir, Maas addresses themes of cultural identity and the quest for acceptance, providing insight into her unique perspective as a girl of color in a predominantly white institution.
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With an atheist, Marxist father fighting for British Guiana’s independence, and a radical feminist mother, Sharon Maas grows up in a liberal, progressive 1960s household with all the freedom she could possibly want. But with her divorced parents constantly working and often away, Sharon disappears into her favourite books, and imagines a world full of friends and adventure in a faraway country: England. Then, at ten years old, Sharon travels halfway across the world to go to a conservative, Christian boarding school. But nothing is quite as she had imagined… Girls march silently and single file along corridors and earn badges for deportment. There are twice daily hymns, prayers and Bible readings, and grace before and after meals. And all the girls are posh and white, while Sharon is the only girl with dark skin. Will Sharon be able to live out her dreams, and has she truly found what she was looking for, thousands of miles away from home?
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