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Priya Ramsingh

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Born

Trinidad and Tobago

Website

http://www.priyaramsingh.ca

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary

Influences

Toni Morrison, Shani Mootoo, Margaret Atwood

Member Since

September 2017

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscompriyaramsingh

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When I was growing up, my mother enforced a rule in our house that Saturday trips to the local public library were mandatory. Although she wasn't an academic herself, she had the insight to push us into loving literature.

My brother, sister and I would walk down the street to the Albion Public Library and choose books for the week. I found myself absorbed in the stories. It spurred my own craft, and when I wasn't reading I was behind closed doors, in my room writing.

When my Grade 5 teacher gave me a certificate for story writing, I realized who I wanted to be.

It took me a long time, but I needed to live before I could write. One day, I sat down in front of my computer, and Brown Girl in the Room, came to life.

My first short story, Pies for ...more

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Average rating: 3.48 · 87 ratings · 46 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Elevator 3.15 avg rating — 60 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Girl in the Room 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Wanda Whittle is a survivor. After her father dies, she, her sister and mother must learn how to make ends meet, while living in the crowded rooming house in the world behind the Market. Putting food on the table isn't easy for three women during the ...more
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Middle Aged Boys and Girls is an entertaining and enlightening collection of short stories that explores the lives of girls and women and their complicated relationships with men, women, themselves. Each story is told in first person through the eyes ...more
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