Til the Well Runs Dry, Lauren FrancisSharma
Til the Well Runs Dry, Lauren FrancisSharma
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'Til the Well Runs Dry

Author: Lauren Francis-Sharma

Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Ron Butler

Unabridged: 13 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/17/2015


Synopsis

Lauren Francis-Sharma's 'Til the Well Runs Dry opens in a seaside village in the north of Trinidad where young Marcia Garcia, a gifted and smart-mouthed 16-year-old seamstress, lives alone, raising two small boys and guarding a family secret. When she meets Farouk Karam, an ambitious young policeman, the risks and rewards in Marcia's life amplify forever.

On an island rich with laughter, Calypso, Carnival, cricket, beaches and salty air, sweet fruits and spicy stews, the novel follows Marcia and Farouk from their amusing and passionate courtship through personal and historical events that threaten Marcia's secret, entangle the couple and their children in a scandal, and endanger the future for all of them.

'Til the Well Runs Dry tells the twinned stories of a spirited woman's love for one man and her bottomless devotion to her children. For readers who cherish the previously untold stories of women's lives, here is a story of grit and imperfection and love that has not been told before.

About Lauren Francis-Sharma

Lauren Francis-Sharma is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Til The Well Runs Dry and Book of the Little Axe. She resides near Washington, DC, with her husband and two children and is the proprietor of the DC Writers' Room and the assistant director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hal on January 04, 2020

I read an advance copy of Til the Well Runs Dry and I really connected with the characters in this book from the very first chapter. Marcia Garcia's life is filled with many ups and downs that resonated with me. This book took me through every emotion possible and at the end I wanted to follow Marci......more

Goodreads review by Ambika on June 10, 2023

You neva miss de water, til the well runs dry. 💦 Meet my first #ReadCaribbean book for 2023. I am glad I took a while to read it because it was that good, but I am also a bit sad I didn't pick it up earlier. 😅 Til The Well Runs Dry is a debut novel published in 2014 written by the great Lauren Francis......more

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on April 16, 2023

Immersive storytelling filled with characters you can’t help but cheer for! Til The Well Runs Dry opens with Marcia Garcia, a sixteen-year-old-seamstress who is an orphan and currently raising two small boys who no one is clear on how she “got them”. The book opens in Trinidad, in a small seaside......more

Goodreads review by Miriam still reading! on May 28, 2020

5+++++ amazing talented stars audio 4 stars longish story......more

Goodreads review by William on September 25, 2014

One of the highest compliments that I can give a book is that it is a page turner. This book certainly qualifies. When one foregoes mundane household chores and other obligations in order to sit down to follow the excitement and adventures of the characters in this book, then you know you have a win......more