A stirring novel about a woman facing cross-cultural odds and redefining everything she understands about her family, herself, and the country she’s never really been able to call home. A stirring novel about a woman facing cross-cultural odds and redefining everything she understands about her family, herself, and the country she’s never really been able to call home. Nikki Baltimore was born in Antigua but grew up with her dad in the United States. With each year, she’s grown further apart from her mother and maternal siblings, potters in rural Antigua. Her mother’s funeral brings Nikki back to the island, and, at a professional and personal crossroads, she makes the impulsive decision to stay after being offered a job by the ruling government. Soon, Nikki is embroiled in a hurricane of an existence which includes a political hot potato, confusion in her romantic life, and deepening involvement in the lives of the family she left behind. Will Nikki eventually find her place in the chaos and begin to plant the roots that have escaped her all her life?
Joanne C. Hillhouse Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Joanne C. Hillhouse crea narrazioni profondamente radicate nei Caraibi, esplorando temi di identità e adolescenza per un pubblico di giovani adulti e bambini. La sua narrazione cattura lo spirito unico della regione, offrendo ai lettori personaggi vivaci e ambientazioni immersive. Il lavoro di Hillhouse è riconosciuto per la sua prosa avvincente e la sua capacità di connettersi con i lettori a livello emotivo. Porta una voce distintiva alla letteratura caraibica, arricchendo il panorama letterario globale.
The Boy From Willow Bend
- 96pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Vere's irrepressible spirit is an asset as he comes of age in Antigua. His is a hard-knocks existence marked by poverty and loss - but he is equally shaped by his family, his first love and island life. Beautifully told, his is the story of a Caribbean boy, trying to hold on to what's real and precious to him while learning to be a man.