Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Kincaid's novel focuses on a universal, tragic, and often comic theme: the loss of childhood.Īn adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua.
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