She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation—until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can ignite explosions of political upheaval and clandestine love.
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She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation -- until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can ignite explosions of political upheaval and clandestine love.
"Belva Plain doesn't know how not to write a best seller." --Newsday.
"Immensely successful." -- The New York Times Book Review
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Fun but totally unrealistic,
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I know it wasn't supposed to be a work of art, but it made me laugh with her "lush" descriptions of the caribbean. It reminded me of Barbara Cartland, with a better plot. Anyway, it was fun to read, and I would recommend it to someone who wanted to read something light.
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I havn't quite finished this book but I am enjoying it. The characters are brought to life and you can feel the emotions. Lush descriptions of Caribbean as well as wise insights into the aftermath of slavery, bigotry and power.
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I read this book when it first came out and never forgot it. I reread it recently and appreciated it even more. I became each character--knowing, feeling their experiences. I am saving my copy as a gift for my beloved granddaughter. She is just 4 now, but what a "world" Belva Plain has given us!
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Teresa Francis, called Tee, was six years old when first she learned that St. Felice was not the world-and fifteen when she fled from it in fear and shame, for reasons that the most flamboyant imagination could not have foretold. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Baker, Kate Tarbox, New York, Patrick Courzon, Nicholas Mebane, Wharf Street, Government House, Francis Luther, Drummond Hall, Uncle Herbert, Miss Tee, Morne Bleue, Cade's Hotel, Sweet Apple, Clarence Porter, Anatole Da Cunha, Marjorie Luther, West Indies, Franklin Parrish, Good God, Library Hill, Red Men, Richard Luther, Crocus Club, Doris Mebane New!
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Teresa Francis, called Tee, was six years old when first she learned that St. Felice was not the world-and fifteen when she fled from it in fear and shame, for reasons that the most flamboyant imagination could not have foretold. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Baker, Kate Tarbox, New York, Patrick Courzon, Nicholas Mebane, Wharf Street, Government House, Francis Luther, Drummond Hall, Uncle Herbert, Miss Tee, Morne Bleue, Cade's Hotel, Sweet Apple, Clarence Porter, Anatole Da Cunha, Marjorie Luther, West Indies, Franklin Parrish, Good God, Library Hill, Red Men, Richard Luther, Crocus Club, Doris Mebane New!
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