Using interwoven narratives -- present-day United States, Trinidad, and the political tumult of Jamaica in the 1980s -- Carol Mitchell's debut gives voice to the immigrant woman whose veneer of middle-class stability masks the violent trauma of a prior life. "An engaging and life-affirming read." -- Booklist "What start bad a mornin', cyan end good a evenin'." -- Jamaican proverb Amaya Lin has few...