Teenager Lucy arrives in America from the West Indies to work as a nanny for Lewis and Mariah and their four children, but she quickly realizes that the world of this family is far from perfect.
A young woman from Antigua comes to America to work as an au pair for a wealthy couple and observes the growing problems in her employers' marriage while exploring her newfound sexuality.
An extended essay on the British West Indies island of Antigua, the author's home, describing its scenery, its people, and its history, and discussing the impacts of colonization and tourism.
A fictional account of a young girl's coming of age in Antigua, from a doted upon childhood to an adolescence fraught with events and alliances leading her away from mutual complacent acceptance.
Elaine, one of the many illegitimate daughters of Mr. Potter, an illiterate and unreflective man who worked as a chauffeur on the island of Antigua, tells about his life and death.
