{"product_id":"a-house-for-miss-pauline","title":"A House for Miss Pauline","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe past is uprooted, the present holds on by thread, and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein the midst of it all is Miss Pauline, strong, conflicted, driven and remarkable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Delightful and big-hearted . . . It kept me turning pages deep into the night, and left me full of admiration at the end.' \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Adam, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the Caribbean's finest writers . . . Her novels are building blocks of the current Caribbean canon and will be read for years to come.\u003c\/b\u003e' Monique Roffey, author of THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the stones of her home begin to rattle and call out to her in the quiet of the night, Pauline Sinclair knows she will not live to see her 100th birthday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom educating herself through stolen books to becoming one of the most successful ganja farmers in the area and raising a family, Pauline has lived a life on her own terms in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet these whispering walls promise to topple the foundations of her security and exhume Pauline's many buried secrets, including the mysterious disappearance of the man who came to claim the very land on which she built her home, stone by stone, from the ruins of a plantation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelled to make peace before she dies, Pauline decides to leave the only home she has ever known on a final, desperate mission to uncover truths she could never have imagined . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyrical, funny, eerie and profound, \u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse for Miss Pauline\u003c\/i\u003e tells a timely and nuanced tale, infused with the patois and natural beauty of Jamaica, which questions who owns the land on which our identities are forged.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHistory's crimes unfurl in this magical story \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. . . McCaulay's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eimmaculate, breathtaking writing carries it with poise and conviction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eLisa Allen-Agostini, author of THE BREAD THE DEVIL KNEAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Where has Diana McCaulay been all my reading life? . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound and beautiful novel of encounters with the past and atonements in the present.'\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Alvarez, author of THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787047792819,"sku":"9780349704272","price":1439.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477347729780349704272.jpg?v=1762814059","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/a-house-for-miss-pauline","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}