This book was another one of my Read Around the World selections. It is set in Trinidad Tobago and tells the story of a young woman who is alone except for her aunt, cousins and evil uncle. As Celia grows up it seems that bad luck follows her like a shadow. But how much of the bad luck is caused...
"You follow your life; you don't lead your life". This is a story played out by a Trinidanian woman. Superstition, and men using women support this theory. In an opposing manner, men loving women, family ties, redemption and hope are intermingled. This book gives a solid glimpse of a female b...
I really quite liked this book but I also had some issues with it. Firstly it is written in a quite simplistic almost childlike way, initially this is because we are hearing the voice of Celia as the first person. This voice didn’t mature however as Celia grew older and instead retained its child...