description: Ursa Mackenzie is a black woman caught between two cultures the USA and the Caribbean. Rejecting the lure of success, Ursa turns her back on a well-paid corporate research job and a stable, if loveless, relationship with a black academic. Instead, she seeks power and solace in her friendship with Viney. Remaining true to herself involves returning to Triunion, her Caribbean island, where she is forced to confront the moral and political ambiguities that underpin the charisma of her father, a leading politician. With compassion and honesty, Paule Marshall shows how the past always intrudes on the present. For Ursa, this means accepting that her life in the United States is bound by events that took place a long time ago in the Caribbean.
language: English
title: Daughters
titlecomplete: Daughters
genres: Feminism, African American, Womens Studies, Literature, Fiction, African American Literature
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Serpents Tail