The Family by Buchi Emecheta Born into poverty in Jamaica, deserted when her parents emigrate, and raped by an "uncle" at age nine, Gwendolen Brillianton is happy to be summoned to London to care for the siblings she has never met -- but being reunited with her family does not solve her problems, or theirs. Not until she has been the victim of rape and left home does Gwendolen begin to understand that she must take control of her own life. This is a painfully engrossing tale of bravery in the face of familial disintegration. PA, ISBN: 0807612502 $10.95 (Can: $16.50)