In her lush, luminous debut novel, Merlinda Bobis creates a dazzling feast for all the senses. Richly imagined, gloriously written, Banana Heart Summer is an incandescent tale of food, family, and longing - at once a love letter to mothers and daughters and a lively celebration of friendship and community.
Twelve-year-old Nenita is hungry for everything: food, love, life. Growing up with five sisters and brothers, she searches for happiness in the magical smell of the deep-frying bananas of Nana Dora, who first tells Nenita the myth of the banana heart; in the tantalizing scent of Manolito, the heartthrob of Nenita and her friends; in the pungent aromas of the dishes she prepares for the most beautiful woman on Remedios Street. To Nenita, food is synonymous with love - the love she yearns to receive from her disappointed mother. But in this summer of broken hearts, new friendships, secrets, and discoveries, change will be as sudden and explosive as the monsoon that marks the end of the sweltering heat - and transforms Nenita's young life in ways she could never imagine.
Twelve-year-old Nenita is hungry for everything: food, love, life. Growing up with five sisters and brothers, she searches for happiness in the magical smell of the deep-frying bananas of Nana Dora, who first tells Nenita the myth of the banana heart; in the tantalizing scent of Manolito, the heartthrob of Nenita and her friends; in the pungent aromas of the dishes she prepares for the most beautiful woman on Remedios Street. To Nenita, food is synonymous with love - the love she yearns to receive from her disappointed mother. But in this summer of broken hearts, new friendships, secrets, and discoveries, change will be as sudden and explosive as the monsoon that marks the end of the sweltering heat - and transforms Nenita's young life in ways she could never imagine.
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Hardback Editions
October 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Banana Heart Summer (Thorndike Reviewers' Choice) Author(s): Merlinda Bobis ISBN: 1-4104-1034-X / 978-1-4104-1034-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Banana Heart Summer Author(s): Merlinda Bobis ISBN: 0-385-34112-1 / 978-0-385-34112-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Delta Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2005 : Paperback
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Other Editions
March 2011 : Kindle edition
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May 2008 : Kindle edition
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