Short Synopsis
Lauren Francis-Sharma's debut novel is a glorious and moving multi-generational, multicultural saga that begins in the 1940s and sweeps through the 1960's in Trinidad and the United States.

Full 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.

"An astonishingly unique historical novel. . . . The two narrators, Ron Butler and Bahni Turpin, are superb choices who move the listener smoothly between the two main characters." ---AudioFile

"Remarkably accomplished first-time novelist Francis-Sharma makes it clear on page one that Marcia is strong, courageous, and resourceful." ---Booklist Starred Review

"Sharma delivers a rich and satisfying debut on the ties of family, love and culture---and how those ties are sometimes better when broken." ---Kirkus

AudioFile Earphones Award Winner

Booklist Review

Audie Finalist