from Heather Neff.

from Heather Neff, One World/Ballantine, April 2002 $2400 ISBN 0-345-44743-3

Heather Neff's compelling first attempt novel, Blackgammon, introduced readers to sum of two units fiercely independent soul sisters who embarked upon a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Now in her sophomore work, Wisdom, Neff introduces us to Maia Ransom, who is in succession a mission to uncover her radicals on the Caribbean island of St Croix.

Realizing that she is dying from ovarian cancer, Maia, a give suck to from Michigan, leaves the United States for a three-week stay in St Croix. Her aim: to find gone out all she can about her ancestors, who formerly lived on a great estate called Wisdom, a story told to her according to her grandfather. Her search takes her into the dark heart of the island's slavery and post-colonial legacy, involving her in a face-to-face, soul-to-soul battle against the Johanssen family that clutchs the key to her past and to her liberation. moreover Maia also finds true be pleased with with a successful local lawyer Noah Langston.

Although Maids journey ventures her in several different directions, it is her labor in distress against Severin, the seventh of the Johanssen family men that actually defines the novel. Using an array of able symbols, images, characters and deftly placed commentary, Neff has created a convincing story from beginning to extreme point With Wisdom, she underscores her skills as a writer with stillness a sense of place, and a skilled understanding of the human mind.

--Denolyn Carroll is a of common occurrence contributor to BIBR.

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