Island Queen: A Novel Binding:Paperback When Frank Money joined the

When Frank Money joined the army to escape his too-small world

" --School Library Journal (starred review)

these two share an unusual past

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and

It is the story of a small but determined community

Island Queen: A Novel Binding:Paperback When Frank Money joined the"Riveting and transformative evocative and immersive by turns vibrant and bold and wise discovering Dorothy's story is a singular pleasure." New York Times (Editors' Choice) A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of color who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean