What they say

This is an important book for anyone wanting to engage with mid-20th century West Indian literary history. Allfrey’s poems tell us so much about her cultural worlds, and thrillingly, the collection includes real gems that truly enrich our sense of the treasury of Caribbean poetry.
— Stewart Brown, editor, The Oxford Book of Contemporary Poetry

This is an important book for anyone wanting to engage with mid-20th century West Indian literary history. Allfrey’s poems tell us so much about her cultural worlds, and thrillingly, the collection includes real gems that truly enrich our sense of the treasury of Caribbean poetry.
— Stewart Brown, editor, The Oxford Book of Contemporary Poetry
About the Author
Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908-1986), author of Love for an Island, It Falls Into Place and The Orchid House, was born in Dominica, into a once wealthy planter family — like her compatriot and sometime friend Jean Rhys — and became a significant politician as well as a literary figure.
About the Author
Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Phyllis Shand Allfrey (1908-1986), author of Love for an Island, It Falls Into Place and The Orchid House, was born in Dominica, into a once wealthy planter family — like her compatriot and sometime friend Jean Rhys — and became a significant politician as well as a literary figure.