Publisher's Synopsis
"As a novel it is compelling, its heroine unforgettable. . . . A simply wonderful read."The Globe and Mail"This novel is a jewel that promises the reader a lesson in dancing to the right tune."Jamaica ObserverHer mother's death and her father's madness leave G unloved and unwanted as a child. Her runaway marriage brings her children but not the fulfillment she yearns for. Years later, a hurricane destroys her Jamaican country house where she lives alone and she ends upunwillinglyin a ritzy retirement home in the city, placed there by her well-to-do but distant daughter.
