About this book
The West Indian narrator vents her bitterness at the unhappy life fate dealt her--mother died in childbirth, father ignored her, stepmother tried to kill her, at school she had an abortion. Finally, she married a white doctor, but it was impossible for her to love him because he was a colonialist. She draws parallels with the despair of her country--Dominica--attributing it to the legacy of slavery. By the author of Lucy.
Subjects
FictionWomenWeibliche SchwarzeBelletristische DarstellungWidowersNeighborhoodNeighborhoodsStormsHousesLoss (Psychology)Maintenance and repairCarpentersPsychological fictionFriendshipDwellingsFiction, biographicalCaribbean area, fictionFicciónMujeresDominican republic, fictionFiction, fantasy, generalNew York Times reviewedFiction, generalromance