The Stall Keeper

     The Stall Keeper by Anderson Reynolds

  In the novel "The Stall Keeper," Anderson Reynolds depicts a complex culture in the Carribean island. This wonderful novel is filled with religious experiences, love, cultural ideals and tragedies that highlight the moral of the novel. The novel takes place in the city of Vieux Fort, St.Lucia where culture is damaged and disappointment becomes the issue. The Stall Keeper or the inhabitants are waiting for the American people to come so that St.Lucia could be better.
    The story begins with a five-year-old boy Henry whose father died when he was a baby. As Henry got older, she would ask around about his father- trying to figure out exactly who he was. His mother, on the other hand, was a religious woman who had the capability of telling what came in the future.
          A dynamic character, Eugene, believes that he is a woman living in a man's body. Eugene is faced with the strict religious realm of St.Lucia. People of that time are extremely strict to the principles of the bible and not accepting to those who do not follow their ideals. Throughout the novel, Eugene is faced with terrible experiences by family and the inhabitants of St.lucia by the choice of his identity and Eugene grows from it.
              This novel for me was very impactful because I myself am going through something similar where religious ideas can overpower the belief of someone's identity. This novel truly is fantastic and the lesson learned is quite amazing. I truly recommend this novel because it not only talks about the history and culture of life in the Carribean, it details some essential messages that can change ones mind into proactive ones.

          Aliya Roserie