Lucy Condition:Very Good Bernadette" is an ingeniously entertaining

Bernadette" is an ingeniously entertaining novel about a family coming to terms with who they are

Some poems are originally in English and others translated from Chinese

edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor

This edition contains notes to help students' understanding

Lucy Condition:Very Good Bernadette" is an ingeniously entertainingLucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to America to work as an au pair for a wealthy couple. She begins to notice cracks in their beautiful faade at the same time that the mysteries of own sexuality begin to unravel. Jamaica Kincaid has created a startling new heroine who is destined to win a place of honor in contemporary fiction.