'Til the Well Runs Dry

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

"An epic saga about a Trinidadian family spanning WWII to the early Sixties. Told in alternating voices, the author recounts the story of Marcia, our fierce heroine, who leaves her island home in order to protect the man she's loved for years, and finds herself isolated in a strange land but with the determination to survive and rebuild" --

• ISBN10: 1250074673
• ISBN13: 9781250074676
• Publish Date: 15 September 2015 (first published 22 April 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Picador USA
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[jnkay01]

Much like the varied Trinidadian population it seeks to illustrate, "'Til the Well Runs Dry" is something of a jumble of people and interests striving for space. ... Francis-Sharma is the New York-born daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, and while sometimes tedious in its pacing, her novel is rich in its descriptions of Caribbean fruits and spices, the long journeys required on the island's winding roads and the close, sometimes suffocating nature of life in small villages.

Read my entire review for The Associated Press at http://bigstory.ap.org/article/francis-sharma-mines-trinidadian-heritage-debut