Harriet's Daughter

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• "The novel successfully challenges stereotypical notions of both strong, matriarchal black mothers and of poor, abused powerless black women...a valuable contribution to Caribbean and postcolonial literature."
• A beautifully written and paced story, sure to capture the imagination of both teenagers and adult readers.

• A beautifully written and paced story, sure to capture the imagination of both teenagers and adult readers.

  Set in Toronto, two girls, Margaret -- a second generation West Indian immigrant -- and Sulma -- fresh up from a joyous life with her grandmother in Tobago to a tense and unhappy relationship with her mother and stepfather -- become friends and comrades in various adventures.