Tells the story of Leila, a nineteen year old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms.
- ISBN13 9780330340380
- Publish Date 12 April 1996 (first published 4 February 1985)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 July 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 205
- Language English