EA revealing portrayal of life in the island of Montserrat in particular, and in the Caribbean as a whole, and how it manifests differently for people of different social classes. When she was an adolescent in the Caribbean, author Dorine O'Garro felt sorry for the women who sat at the roadside and broke rocks into pebbles. They were the low-income participants in the building explosion of new hotels, condominiums, and homes. Soon afterwards, she migrated to the United States. But she returned home after twelve years. The author met the Miss Tillie of her book one day. Unlike her predecessors, this woman owned a transistor radio, and was sheltered by a tamarind tree. She sang while she worked. Has life changed for Montserratians and the Caribbean people?