The stories in this collection move from the all-seeing naivete of
a child narrator trying to make sense of the world of adults,
through the consciousness of the child-become-mother, to the mature
perceptions of the older woman taking stock of her life. Set over a
timespan from colonial-era Trinidad to the hazards and alarms of
its postcolonial present, these stories have, at their core, the
experience of uncomfortable change, but seen with a developing
sense of its constancy as part of life, and the need for
acceptance. The stories deal with the vulnerabilities and shames of
a childhood of poverty; the pain of being let down; glimpses of the
secret lives of adults; betrayals in love; the temptations of
possessiveness; conflicts between the desire for belonging and
independence; and the devastation of loss through illness,
dementia, and death. What brings each of these not uncommon
situations to fresh and vivid life is the quality of the writing:
the shape of the stories, the unerring capturing of the rhythms of
the voice and a way of seeing that includes a saving sense of humor
and the absurd and also delights in the characters that people
these stories."
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