Publication

2017 - Stanford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781503602137
  • ISBN-101503602133
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016043167
  • OCLC Control Number959080788
  • Better World Books9781503602137
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPQ3989.D3N513 2017
  • LCCPQ3989.D3 N513 2017

Description

"Ninette is an unlikely protagonist: Compelled by poverty to work as a prostitute, she dreams of a better life and and an education for her son. Plucky and street-wise, she enrolls her son in the local school and the story unfolds as she narrates her life to the school's headmistress. Ninette's account is both a classic rags-to-riches tale and a subtle, incisive critique of French colonialism."-- From back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Ninette of Sin StreetStanford University Press2017

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