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In a novel set against the backdrop of the island of Trinidad, a group of men and women struggles to make a living for themselves side by side in the communal yard of a small hillside neighborhood, where lives are fated to become intertwined
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Set in the northern foothills of Trinidad during a dry season more intense than any in memory, A Thirst for Rain captures the island that isn't seen by tourists - one where men and women struggle side by side in the cramped, dusty communal yard of a small hillside neighborhood ... and where lives inevitably become entangled.There is Myra, a proud, sensuous, hardworking woman who finds blessed release in her own restless desires; Odile, Myra's defiant teenage daughter who risks her one chance to escape the family's poverty; Sebastian, Myra's senile father who has begun to follow his fantasies into a world of trouble; Slim, Myra's worthless street vendor boyfriend who spends as much time seducing young women as he does selling cheap trinkets; Jacob, the once-famous West Indian stickfighter who thought the hero in him was long dead, until he meets Myra. And Rory, the boy next door whose desperate need for Odile's love may destroy everything before the rains come.
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