An epistolary, fictional account of one woman moving towards happiness in the black community of Colombias Pacific coast.After a long absence, Vel has come home to Choc to the AfroColombian community, to her family, to the sea. This is where the Pacific meets the Caribbean, where shes establishing herself anew. And the record she keeps is a series of letters to a friend, clarifying for herself where she stands, as she describes that homecoming to another. Vel works to build a literary centre, writing career, and festival with and for the people there. But her return to Choc is also a claimstaking of her decision to pursue happiness now an account of her immersion in the towns and rivers and forests she came from and a redefinition of her relationship to sex and love in real time. And Tidal Waters is a vision of how creating something (for your community, for yourself) is a way of reading and writing your way into a known place and a new self.

Binding: Paperback;135 pages; Publisher: Charco Press; Classification: FYT; Weight: 306 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 11

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