On an island in the West Indies, a big, strong woman with a booming voice meets a weak, nearly deaf man, they fall in love and expect a baby and a hurricane at the same time.
Examines the connections between twentieth-century English author Jane Rhys's life and works, discussing her short stories and such novels as "Quartet, " "After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, " "Good Morning, Midnight, " and "Wide Sargasso Sea.".
History of the Caribbean from the first known islanders to the present tracing the complex and constantly changing course of events that have shaped the region.