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With a New Introduction by Edwidge Danticat Me Dying Trial, Patricia Powell's masterful debut novel, establishes her as a major voice in Caribbean literature. Gwennie Augusta Glaspole, a schoolteacher, is trapped in an unhappy marriage and quickly saddled with six children. Gwennie resists Jamaican cultural expectations of playing dutiful wife and mother, struggling in a loveless, often abusive relationship, she eventually relocates to Connecticut. Dealing with issues of religion, sexuality, immigration, domestic violence, and gender inequality, Powell has proven to be "a Generation-X vanguard for the Caribbean literary world" ( Boston Magazine ), and much more.

Author

Patricia Powell

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807019726

Subjects

Literary Collections, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14