Love in Rio Claro

In 1930s Trinidad, where red clay roads wind through rice paddies and cocoa trees, love was never meant to cross certain lines. Not between Hindu and Christian. Not between Ravi Mahabir and Elma Williams.Ravi is a quiet, determined Indo-Trinidadian boy with storm-grey eyes and hands calloused by land and legacy. Elma is a bright, sharp-eyed Afro-Trinidadian girl whose dreams stretch far beyond her family's washbasin and the mango tree outside their wooden home. When their paths cross at the village standpipe, a silent knowing passes between them, one that defies the rules etched into the soil by history, caste, and custom.As whispers rise and pressure mounts, from Ravi’s grieving father, from Elma’s watchful mother, from the whole divided village, the two teenagers must decide what kind of life they are willing to build, and what they are willing to risk to build it. Read more