Set in a Hindu community in the Eastern Caribbean, in vivid, unsentimental prose, this book describes the life of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season. Their struggle to cope with illness, a drunken father and the violence of the elements is set against a village community.
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Set in a Hindu community in the Eastern Caribbean, in vivid, unsentimental prose, this book describes the life of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season. Their struggle to cope with illness, a drunken father and the violence of the elements is set against a village community.
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