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Suddenly sent from their home in Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados after their mother can no longer care for them, sisters Phaedra and Dionne spend the summer of 1989 living with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah.
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I loved this book from half way through to the end. Unfortunately, I felt like the first half was not essential to the story and enjoyment of the second half. I liked the writing style, and I enjoyed the descriptions of the island, and the way New York was compared to Barbados. I've never read anything set in Barbados before, so that was also a plus for me. The relationships between the grandmother and her granddaughters was beautiful, and seeing Hyacinths journey to accepting her role as permanent primary caregiver was heartwarming.
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