Ponce, Puerto Rico, at the turn of the century: Ana Belen Opaku, an Afro-Cuban born into slavery, is a proud midwife with a tempestuous past. After testifying at an infanticide trial, Ana is forced to reveal a dark secret from her past, but continues to hide an even more sinister one. Pitted against the parish priest, Padre Vicente, and young Doctor Hector Rivera, Ana must battle to preserve her twenty-five year career as the only midwife in La Playa....

From bestselling New Zealand author, K T Bowes, comes this cross-continental romance, reaching from the sunshine of New Zealand to the depths of wintry England."The harsh English winter battered Market Harborough, grid locking roads and railways. But the sun-dial on the side of St. Dionysius Church spire still did its best despite the lack of sun that made its job harder. The position of the sun-dial gave away the location of the secret priest hole,...

In the year 2000, I wanted to give children in all the 30 schools in the old slave capital of Falmouth, Jamaica their own special present from the people of Mirfield, West Yorkshire. So I wrote them a special book entitled 'The Kilkenny Cat'.Originally intended as a single book entity, the idea came to turn the successful story into a trilogy. Between 1990 and 2005, I had visited over 2000 Yorkshire schools. I had also written and had published 30...

"When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But his grandfather's will raises more questions than it answers. Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan's grandfather...

The Shipping News" by E. Annie Proulx was first published in 1993. The present novel was the result of several letters and comments that the author had received after the publication of her first novel, which according to the readers and reviewers seemed dark. The present novel was an experiment in writing a novel with a happy ending. Annie Proulx decided to discover the happiness that resulted from the absence of pain and not because of the presence...

Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid was first published in 1990. The story of the novella revolves around the titular character 'Lucy.'The novel opens in medias res. Lucy is born and brought up in the West Indies. She moves to the United States to become an au pair for a wealthy white family. Lucy's story seems to be highly inspired by the own experiences of Jamaica Kincaid. The tone of the author's another work "A Small Place" has been retained in "Lucy." However,...

Flight" is written from the perspective of a first person. It has conversational tone. The inclusion of humor and abrupt confrontation makes the story more interesting and meaningful. Taking its momentum from the historical events, the story moves from present to past and then back to present, exploring the relations between Native Americans and European Americans. There are some allusions and references to real events, but the fictional part of the...

Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen was first published in 2001. It is a young adult novel. The story revolves around a young boy. The boy goes through the experiences of violence, nature, and forgiveness when he is banished to a remote Island in Alaska. It is a punishment for a violent crime. During the period of his punishment, the boy comes face to face with a rare bear species, the Spirit Bear. After that encounter with the rare species of...

Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves and married Stands With A Fist, a white-born woman raised as a Comanche from early childhood. With their three children, they live peacefully in the village of Ten Bears. But there is unease in the air, caused by increased reports of violent confrontations with white soldiers, who want to drive the Comanche onto reservations. Disquiet turns to horror,...

Joseph Andrews" by Henry Fielding was first published in 1742. The novel is also titled "The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams."It is considered to be one of the first novels in the English language. The author defined the novel as a comic epic poem in prose. The story describes the adventures of a good-natured footman. He travels by road from London with his friend and mentor, Abraham Adams, who happens...