<strong>Lucy</strong> a teenage girl from the West Indies comes to North America to work as anau pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Ma... » 

Lucy a teenage girl from the West Indies comes to North America to work as anau pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are athriceblessed couple handsome rich and seemingly happy. Yet almost atonce Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade. With mingledanger and compassion Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of heremployers world and compares them with the vivid realities of her nativeplace. Lucy has no illusions about her own past but neither is she prepared tobe deceived about where she presently is.At the same time that Lucy is coming to terms with Lewiss and Mariahs livesshe is also unraveling the mysteries of her own sexuality. Gradually a newperson unfolds passionate forthright and disarmingly honest. In LucyJamaica Kincaid has created a startling character possessed with adamantineclearsightedness and ferocious integrity a captivating heroine for ourtime. «