The Orchid House

Lally helps to raise three white sisters in the Orchid House on the Island of Dominica and observes as each flees to the cold northern lands of England and America only to return to their magical past and the man they love.

Author: Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 10/01/1996
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.51w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780813523323
ISBN10: 081352332X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics

About the Author
PHYLLIS SHAND ALLFREY, novelist and poet, was born in Dominica, where her father was Crown Attorney. Her work has often been compared to that of her compatriot and friend, Jean Rhys. The novel has been made into a film for British television.

LIZABETH PARAVISINI-GERBERT an associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Vassar College. She co-edited Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam: Short Stories by Caribbean Women (Rutgers University Press).