Copyright © 2005 by Shani Mootoo

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Mootoo, Shani.

He drown she in the sea / Shanti Mootoo.

p. cm.

eBook ISBN-13: 978-1-5558-4702-9

1. West Indians—Canada—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Caribbean Area—Fiction. 3. Caribbean Area—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Immigrants—Fiction. 6. Islands—Fiction. I. Title.

PR9199.3.M6353H4 2005

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2004065653

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