Pearlita's story is one of a country girl rising from poverty and brutish conflictual forces, to become a successful entrepreneur, wife, mother and citizen. The reader gets deep insights into life in Trinidad in the middle of the 20th century, as Pearl captures with brutal honesty, her move from pillar to post as she crafted a better life. She embraces a simple and direct style of writing, free of complex academic constructs, intrigues or other linguistic...