'Til the Well Runs Dry : A Novel

from muddyboy

This is a nicely done debut novel about the trials and tribulations of a family from Trinidad. The central thread of the book (pun) is a seamstress and her family throughout the years. It starts when she is a sixteen year old girl raising her younger brothers due to an absentee father. It chronic...

from bayleaf

'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma is a heartwarming and at times, heart-wrenching, first book. It's lush with the sights and sounds of Trinidad, its people, their hopes, dreams, and the realities of their daily lives. I think of Marcia Garcia as a woman who never really had a life o...

from cynsimo5

* I was given this book free in exchange for an honest review. * 'Till the Well Runs Dry explores the complexities of love and family through the experiences of Marcia Garcia. Placing her characters in Trinidad, Lauren Francis-Sharma allows politics, economics, and immigration to effect and enhan...

from valcam

I received this book as an "Early Reviewer". Set in the Island of Trinidad after the Second World War, it is the story of a family overcoming difficult odds, caused very often by the concealment of family secrets. It begins with Marcia Garcia, a seamstress, who is a young woman taking care of her...

from ImperfectCJ

I received this book from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. This is an incredible novel. Francis-Sharma has a light touch with complex characters, leading the reader gently through two decades in the life of Marcia Garcia. She tells the story in the first person from the perspectives of thr...