Make Your Selection: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

On the eve of transfer to the United States, the Virgin Island of St. Thomas is caught in a moment of transition. Captain Owen Bradshaw and his family are undergoing their own personal transformations when tragedy brings their plans crashing down. Now two daughters are left to fend for themselves, newly poor in a country that is only beginning to shed old traditions and learn the ways of the modern world. An epic novel chronicling three generations of a US Virgin Islands family, Land of Love and Drowning is a tale of love, magic, and nationhood.