Beyond the Limbo Silence
- ISBN-10
- 1580050174
- ISBN-13
- 9781580050173
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Seal Press (CA)
- Author
- Elizabeth Nunez
Description
When Sara Edgehill leaves her home in Trinidad to attend college in Wisconsin, she finds solace and friendship with Courtney, another West Indian who covertly practices voodoo rituals, and Sam, a charismatic civil rights activist
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