The Autobiography of My Mother. By Jamaica Kincaid. 1996. Farrar.
In this lyrical and defiant masterpiece, Kincaid, who took an island’s name as her pseudonym, though not the island on which she grew up (Antigua), dissects the tragic Caribbean pairing of natural beauty and human brutality in a complex story of a woman whose search for her mother leads her to discover herself.
The Guest Book. By Sarah Blake. 2019. Flatiron.
For generations, the blue-blood Miltons enjoyed their Maine island estate, but as Blake tacks between the present-day generation, which may not be able to hold onto “the Island,” and the shadowed past, family traumas, prejudice, and moral dilemmas are revealed in this sensuously and emotionally vibrant and mesmerizing drama.
How the Penguins Saved Veronica. By Hazel Prior. 2020. Berkley.…