“Land Without Mirrors” engages, challenges readers

My review of Land Without Mirrors by Marina Brown has appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat’s blog and in its print edition (May 5, 2013). Brown’s book is a captivating and engaging read written in a classic literary style. She has drawn rich, complex characters woven within an intricate plot of love, romance, intrigue, betrayal and revenge. Set in the 1930s Caribbean, Brown’s tale follows the fall from innocence among three teens on a leper colony off the coast of Trinidad in the 1930s. I write: 

About fifty pages into reading Land Without Mirrors this book began screaming “Book Club!” Complex characters, layered story lines, timeliness, ethical dilemmas, romance, intrigue, betrayal permeate this story told in a classic literary style. Marina Brown has woven a historical tale with a controversial contemporary twist that will keep readers engaged and intrigued.
Author: SR Staley
SR Staley has one more than 11 literary awards for his fiction and nonfiction writing. He is on the full-time faculty of the College and Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University as well as a film critic and research fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. His award-winning Pirate of Panther Bay series (syppublishing.com) has won awards in historical fiction, mainstream & literary fiction, young adult fiction, and reached the finals in women's fiction. His most recent book is "The Beatles and Economics: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution" due out in April 2020 (Routledge).