Description
A West Indian woman living in New York returns to her Caribbean home to help manage her father’s reelection campaign, only to find that politics, family loyalty, and personal reinvention are inseparable. At the center is Ursa, introspective and determined, who must navigate old expectations while forging a new life—balancing the pull of her past with the demands of the present. As misunderstandings and injustices ripple through the community, the novel explores what it costs to speak up, who gets believed, and how dignity is defended when power is uneven. With Paule Marshall’s signature blend of lyrical realism and sharp social insight, the story illuminates themes of identity, inheritance, and the complicated bonds between daughters and the worlds that shape them.
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paperback
Atheneum
Published Jan 1, 1991
408 pages
ISBN: 0689121393
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First Published
1991
Language
eng
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