Patricia Powell Books in Order

Jamaican schoolteacher Gwennie Glaspole struggles with a violent, loveless marriage while raising her children. Her decision to seek independence challenges community expectations and exposes tensions surrounding duty, sexuality, religion, and the possibility of beginning life again.

Chinese immigrant Lowe runs a shop in nineteenth-century Jamaica while living within a marriage of convenience and carefully concealed identities. The past intrudes on a seemingly settled life, raising questions about migration, gender, family, and cultural belonging.

In late-1970s Jamaica, Dale Singleton confronts family and religious hostility toward his sexuality while his relationship falters. A mysterious illness affecting friends intensifies his isolation and forces the community to reckon with suffering and gay love.

Bob, a solitary Boston bartender, finds a battered pit bull puppy in a trash can and reluctantly takes it in with help from wary neighbor Nadia. When the dog's violent former owner comes looking, Bob is pushed into a dangerous clash with local toughs and the bar's criminal backers.

After twenty-five years away, history professor Winston returns to Jamaica because his father is dying. Encounters with his estranged family revive memories of abuse, favoritism, and loss, while his brother Septimus offers another perspective on their shared past.