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“bertille allahar”

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  • Clara's Connexions

    by Bertille Allahar ...
    The fictional stories in Clara's Connexions bear witness to some aspects of Trinidad's reality in the 21st century i.e. disruptive personal and family issues - suicide,divorce, single parenting, child neglect, aging, care-giving, infidelity, poverty; occurrence of a range of crimes - fraud, home invasions, murder, street theft, physical assault; and health issues pertaining to mental illness, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trini Melange

    by Bertille David-Allahar ...
    Through the story of Lucy a woman born of rape, this narrative sensitively explores racism, poverty and oppression in a tumultuous cosmopolitan society which, redolent of genteel pretensions and human tragedy, searches for catharsis through annual carnival abandon. Spanning 150 years from post slavery to post-colonial times, this shimmering yet gritty tale unfolds against the background of ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • The Origin of Waves

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  • The Rocking-Horse Winner

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    Members of an upper-class urban family struggling to make ends meet deal with their economic troubles in different ways—while the matriarch of the family bemoans her lot in life, her son focuses on trying to use luck as way to earn a better life. When the son develops the mysterious ability to predict the winners at the local horse race, he attempts to alleviate his family’s troubles with his race ... Read more

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  • Is Just a Movie

    by Earl Lovelace ...
    In the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed. Sonnyboy, hapless and luckless, is desperate to be recognised as part of the rebellion and forces the uninterested police to arrest him. KingKala, a singer, returns from detention and is sidelined in the calypso tent, his music dated and unfashionable. They now hope to make their name in the movie that is being shot on ... Read more

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  • The Golden Ball

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    by Agatha Christie ...
    Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories.George Dundas has been disowned by his wealthy uncle for refusing to work hard. As he contemplates his fate, socialite Mary Montresor passes by in her car. She takes him off to the country and proposes marriage. They stop to investigate a pretty country house, and a maid opens the door to them. Mary picks a name at ... Read more

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    Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories.Thirty years ago, a house was inhabited by a man and his young son. One day the man traveled to London, was recognized as a criminal, and shot himself. What ever happened to the boy? ... Read more

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