Alethea Lopez is about to turn 40. Fashionable, feisty and fiercely independent, she manages a boutique in Port of Spain, but behind closed doors she’s covering up bruises from her abusive partner and seeking solace in an affair with her boss. When she witnesses a woman murdered by a jealous lover, the reality of her own future comes a little too close to home.
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A book full of violence of nearly all kinds I could even imagine.
And yet, I couldn’t put it down, stammering through the Creole and the pain, because Alathea is wonderful, everyone is wonderful, and I needed to know more about all these characters and what they’re going through.
It was an amazing read.