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1950s, 1990s: 100 year old Pauline wants to make peace but finds truths she could never have imagined . . .
A House for Miss Pauline
What you need to know before your trail
When the stones of her home begin to rattle and call out to her in the quiet of the night, Pauline Sinclair knows she will not live to see her 100th birthday.
From educating herself through stolen books to becoming one of the most successful ganja farmers in the area and raising a family, Pauline has lived a life on her own terms in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village.
Yet these whispering walls promise to topple the foundations of her security and exhume Pauline’s many buried secrets, including the mysterious disappearance of the man who came to claim the very land on which she built her home, stone by stone, from the ruins of a plantation.
Compelled to make peace before she dies, Pauline decides to leave the only home she has ever known on a final, desperate mission to uncover truths she could never have imagined . . .
Locations
Reset- Caribbean - Jamaica
- A: Middleton
- B: St Mary - Mason Hall
- C: St Mary - Port Maria
- D: Fontabelle Mountain
Travel Guide
Jamaica
The area of St Mary and Mason Hall are real but the author points out in her author note in the book that she took lots of inspiration from them but she has fictionalised a great deal. Mason Hall was a plantation years ago and the author learned about the Legacies of the British Slave Project to weave the story of her own ancestors into the story.
The two hurricanes mentioned, Charlie in 1951 and Gilbert in 1988, are actual storms that devastated the country.
St Mary- the author says she has taken liberties with there being a sinkhole in St Mary – this is a common occurence in the country but not in St Mary.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: A House for Miss Pauline
Destination/Location: Jamaica Author/Guide: Diana McCaulay Departure: 1950s, 1990s
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