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‘Til the Well Runs Dry

‘Til the Well Runs Dry
  • Author(s): Lauren Francis-Sharma
  • Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s to 1960s

A glorious and moving multigenerational, multicultural saga that sweeps from the 1940s through the 1960s in Trinidad and the United States. ‘Til the Well Runs Dry opens in a seaside village in the north of Trinidad, where young Marcia...

A High Wind in Jamaica

A High Wind in Jamaica
  • Author(s): Richard Hughes
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose – sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. When their ship is captured by pirates,...

A House for Miss Pauline

A House for Miss Pauline
  • Author(s): Diana McCaulay
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Culture, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When the stones of her home begin to rattle and call out to her in the quiet of the night, Pauline Sinclair knows she will not live to see her 100th birthday. From educating herself through stolen books to...

A house for Mr. Biswas

A house for Mr. Biswas
  • Author(s): V S Naipaul
  • Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul’s father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels.In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve...

A Shackled Inheritance

A Shackled Inheritance
  • Author(s): Madeleine McDonald
  • Location(s): Caribbean, West Indies
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Regency

She wanted to find her family, but would her sister steal her man? In Regency Scotland, Abigail Carrick takes slavery for granted, until her father’s will reveals she must share her inheritance with two unknown half-sisters, who are free...

A Trace of Sun

A Trace of Sun
  • Author(s): Pam Williams
  • Location(s): England, Grenada
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘An unflinching look at one family’s experience of immigration, exploring mental health, identity and family’ Louise Hare ‘Don’t go Mammy please.’ Stuttered words filled her ears, sent frissons of guilt through her as she bent over him; held him...

Adrift in the Gulf Stream

Adrift in the Gulf Stream
  • Author(s): Marvin Cook
  • Location(s): Straights of Florida, Caribbean, Cuba (Republic of), The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Adventure, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Matey, a Cuban fugitive, escapes his captors, but is alone in the Gulf Stream. A sequel to Across Florida Straits, this book continues the story of Matvey, thief of antiquities and wanted for assault by Cuban authorities. His journey...

Babe Driven

Babe Driven
  • Author(s): Lizzie Chantree
  • Location(s): The Bahamas
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Current day

Babe Driven: Driving straight out of trouble and into paradise! Harriet’s crazily successful business idea is under serious threat, and the danger seems to be coming from inside her own family. She whisks her sister and her friends away...

Bahamarama

Bahamarama
  • Author(s): Bob Morrris
  • Location(s): The Bahamas
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 2000s

Cane Warriors

Cane Warriors
  • Author(s): Alex Wheatle
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1760

Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns...

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