num_pages: 301
description: Rennie Wilford is a freelance journalist who takes an assignment in the Caribbean in the hopes of recuperating from her recently shattered life. On the tiny island of St. Antoine, she tumbles into a corrupt world where no one is what they seem, where her rules for survival no longer apply. This is a thoroughly gripping novel of intrigue and betrayal, which explores human defensiveness, the lust for power both sexual and political, and the need for a compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love. The enigma unfolds as it would for any innocent bystander swept up by events, bringing along the scruples, and the fears, of the past.
language: English
title: Bodily Harm
titlecomplete: Bodily Harm
characters: Rennie Wilford
genres: Feminism, Canada, Novels, Contemporary, Literature, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 8118
places: Caribbean Islands
publisher: Virago Press