'Til the Well Runs Dry: A Novel

'Til the Well Runs Dry follows Marcia Garcia, a sixteen-year-old seamstress living in a seaside village in northern Trinidad, who raises two small boys while guarding a family secret. When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman who seeks help from an obeah woman to win her affection, the stakes in Marcia's life change dramatically. The novel traces Marcia and Farouk's relationship from their passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten to expose Marcia's secret, create scandal for the couple and their children, and jeopardize their future. Set across the 1940s to 1960s in Trinidad and the United States, the story explores a woman's love for a man, a mother's love for her children, and a people's connection to an island defined by calypso, Carnival, cricket, and its distinctive culture and cuisine.