num_pages: 256
description: The lives of three Jamaican women converge in this powerful novel from one of Britain's foremost black women writers. In the volatile setting of contemporary Jamaica, a lethal cocktail of emotion, history, betrayal, and despair is on the brink of explosion...Sylvia has traveled to Jamaica for the first time to visit the place of her husband's childhood and to finally come to terms with his death. But Sylvia's cousin Jean is on her way from England as well, carrying with her a legacy of pain and torment that will be much harder to reconcile. And Pearl, who has remained in Jamaica all her life, is struggling to find her own sense of independence. An exceptional novel from the highly praised author of The Unbelonging, Waiting in the Twilight, and Romance. 240 pp 5 x 8
language: English
title: A Kindness to the Children
titlecomplete: A Kindness to the Children
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Womens Pr Ltd