'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma

The New York Times Sunday Book Review Shortlist Black Caucus of the American. For readers who cherish the previously untold stories of women's lives, here is a story of grit and imperfection and love that has not been told before. Buy a cheap copy of Til the Well Runs Dry book by Lauren Francis-Sharma. 'Til the Well Runs Dry tells the twinned stories of a spirited woman's love for one man and her bottomless devotion to her children. On an island rich with laughter, Calypso, Carnival, cricket, beaches and salty air, sweet fruits and spicy stews, the novel follows Marcia and Farouk from their amusing and passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten Marcia's secret, entangle the couple and their children in a scandal, and endanger the future for all of them. When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman, the risks and rewards in Marcia's life amplify forever. Lauren Francis-Sharma's 'Til the Well Runs Dry opens in a seaside village in the north of Trinidad where young Marcia Garcia, a gifted and smart-mouthed 16-year-old seamstress, lives alone, raising two small boys and guarding a family secret.

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'Til the Well Runs Dry sees Marcia and Farouk from their sassy and passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten Marcia's secret, entangle the couple and their children in a tumultuous scandal, and put the future in doubt for all of them.

When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman (so taken with Marcia that he elicits help from a tea-brewing obeah woman to guarantee her ardor), the rewards and risks in Marcia's life amplify forever. In a seaside village in the north of Trinidad, young Marcia Garcia, a gifted and smart-mouthed sixteen-year-old seamstress, lives alone, raising two small boys and guarding a family secret.

Enjoy this excerpt from an outstanding debut novel, rich with the lyrical beauty pf Trinidad and Tobago.

'Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma