My Aunt and the Potted Plant and Other Stories

‘A female voice writing about a disappearing world with clarity, compassion, humour, deep affection and wit.’ Patricia Cumper

Set in Jamaica after the close of the Second World War, Jean Goubourne’s short stories describe the rural town in which she grew up, and the local gossip and tales that were passed down the generations. She evokes the long, sun-drenched summers of her childhood, and her relationships with various eccentric family members, as well as describing the lives and loves of members of the community, from both ends of the social scale: a bored cashier dreams of breaking free, while a pastor fights the persistent influence of an obeah man.