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Bruised Hibiscus

by Elizabeth Nunez · 1994

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The year is 1954. A white woman's body, stuffed in a coconut bag, has washed ashore in Otatiti, Trinidad, and the British colony is rife with rumors. In two homes, one in a distant shantytown, the other on the outskirts of a former sugar cane estate, two women hear the news and their blood runs cold. Rosa, the white daughter of a landowner, and Zuela, the adopted "daughter" of a Chinese shop owner used to play together as girls—and witnessed something terrible behind a hibiscus bush many years ago.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
CaribbeanCaribbeanMore like thisLess of thisTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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