Time-Piece

This novel explores the connections between personal and political integrity and reflects sensitively on the position of women in Guyanese society. Sandra Yansen must leave behind the close ties of family and village when she takes a job as a reporter in Georgetown. After establishing a tenuous footing in the city, Sandra is summoned home, where she encounters the enduring matriarchy of her mother's friends. Their values sustain Sandra in her search for independence.Shinebourne, Janice is the author of 'Time-Piece ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780948833038 and ISBN 0948833033.