The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid\'s most admired creations--newly available in paperback Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children.
In Lucy , Jamaica Kincaid has created a startling new character possessed with adamantine clearsightedness and ferocious integrity--a captivating heroine for our time..
Gradually a new person unfolds: passionate, forthright, and disarmingly honest.
At the same time that Lucy is coming to terms with Lewis\'s and Mariah\'s lives, she is also unravelling the mysteries of her own sexuality.
Lucy has no illusions about her own past, but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is.
With mingled anger and compassion, Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers\' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place.
Yet, alomst at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade.
Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple--handsome, rich, and seemingly happy.
The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid\'s most admired creations--newly available in paperback Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children
