![]() ![]() ![]() The panicked squeals from inside it grew louder as I hurried through the overgrown grass. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. On an island rich with laughter, calypso, Carnival, cricket, beaches, and salty air, sweet fruits and spicy stews, the novel follows Marcia and Farouk from their sassy and passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten Marcia's secret, entangle the couple and their children in a tumultuous scandal, and put the future in doubt for all of them. When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman (so taken with Marcia that he elicits help from a tea-brewing obeah woman to guarantee her ardor), the rewards and risks in Marcia's life amplify forever. ![]() 'Til the Well Runs Dry opens in a seaside village in the north of Trinidad, where young Marcia Garcia, a gifted and smart-mouthed sixteen-year-old seamstress, lives alone, raising two small boys and guarding a family secret. "Lauren Francis-Sharma's talent shines." - USA TodayĪ glorious and moving multigenerational, multicultural saga that sweeps from the 1940s through the 1960s in Trinidad and the United States. O, The Oprah Magazine "10 Titles to Pick Up Now" The New York Times Sunday Book Review Shortlistīlack Caucus of the American Library Association 2015 Honor Book in Fiction ![]()
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