Books by Phyllis Shand Allfrey (3)
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Das Orchideenhaus by Phyllis Shand Allfrey DE
Country: North America / 
Dominica
Dominica
Description:
"The novel, as narrated by the old nurse Lally, revolves around the return of three Creole sisters to their native island after years abroad: Stella, drawn to the lush tropical by an impassioned yearning; Joan, a grass-roots political activist in London; and Natalie, a wealthy old man's hedonistic widow..."
2.
It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey by Phyllis Shand Allfrey EN
Country: North America / Dominica
Dominica
Description:
These tantalizing stories - set in Dominica, New York, and London yet always steeped in an unmistakably West Indian identity - probe beneath the surface of colonial life, often drawing on autobiographical experience.
3.
Orchid House by Phyllis Shand Allfrey EN
Country: North America / Dominica
Dominica
Description:
Intensely autobiographical, The Orchid House describes a colonial society in decay as seen through the loyal eyes of a white family's childhood nurse, Lally. Three white sisters return to their Caribbean island home to find their family living in poverty and mental anguish. Each sister responds to the family's plight in different ways -- seeking change through romance or politics or money. First published in 1953, The Orchid House was republished by Virago Press in 1982 for Virago Modern Classic. It was later filmed by Channel 4 for a four-part series (1991) with Diana Quick, Frances Barber an... continue