Twelve-year-old Laetita Johnson is the first member of her family to attend secondary school, but her new life requires that she leave her old life in the village behind to live with her father in the city....
The cultural and linguistic complexity of postcolonial Trinidadian society is cleverly portrayed in this beautifully written West Indian novel. Hodge uses the voice of the central character, Tee, to tell a story that begins with two young children fo...
Merle Hodge's rare achievement is to create a dynamic portrait of the life of an unquestionably good woman: Gwynneth Cuffie, teacher, lover of children and music, and pillar of her community. Though devastated by tragedy in her politically milita...