Softcover,
large
paperback, 196x130mm, 321
pages, cover
has
some
minor
wear
and
bends, binding
tight,
pages
yellowed
and
in
excellent
condition, weight
265g.
"Louisa
de
la
Cuevas,
born
on
the
Caribbean
island
of
San
Pedro,
is
the
child
of
a
rich
plantation
owner's
son
and
a
kitchen
maid.
Her
early
years
are
filled
with
the
beauty
of
the
island,
with
the
life
of
the
town,
the
special
love
of
her
maternal
grandmother
and
the
mystery
of
her
paternal
grandmother
in
the
big
house.
With
rumours
of
revolution,
her
father
takes
his
family
to
New
York.
It
is
the
Depression,
and
they
live
in
a
basement
tenement
in
the
barrio,
where
her
father's
once
powerful
name
means
nothing.
Luisa
goes
to
school
and
learns
English;
San
Pedro
becomes
a
dream.
She
takes
a
job
as
a
servant,
marries,
divorces
and
brings
up
her
son
alone.
And
all
the
while
she
works,
cleaning
and
caring
for
other
people's
houses
and
possessions,
the
silent
witness
to
other
people's
lives.
She
remains
a
servant
all
her
life,
and
paradoxically,
finds
in
that
a
kind
of
freedom."