Set in a neighbourhood known as Little Jamaica, Frying Plantain follows one young girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants and first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity and predominantly white society.
A rich and unforgettable portrait of growing up between worlds, Frying Plantain shows how, in one charged moment, friendship and love can turn to enmity and hate, well-meaning protection can become control, and teasing play can turn to something much darker..
We see her on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pig\'s head in her great-aunt\'s freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmother\'s house, trying to cope with the ongoing battles between her unyielding grandparents.
Set in a neighbourhood known as Little Jamaica, Kara moves from girlhood to the threshold of adulthood, from elementary school to high school graduation, in these twelve interconnected stories.
Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle -- of her North American identity and her desire to be a true Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother\'s rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too faas or too quiet or too bold or too soft.
Set in a neighbourhood known as Little Jamaica, Frying Plantain follows one young girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants and first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity and predominantly white society
