Mustique Island
Very loosely based on the life of a woman who did indeed live on Mustique Island, this 1970s-set novel explores what happens when a woman’s life takes her on an emotional journey she never expected.
Willy May Michael has come to out-of-the-way Mustique Island in search of peace and quiet. When she falls in love with the island, and builds her dream house there, she doesn’t realize that Mustique comes with its own clientele also looking for peace—although not necessarily quiet. From the cynical, good-hearted Princess Margaret to rock stars and famous writers, Mustique draws them all in, and also draws Willy May into their often-bizarre lifestyles. And when Willy May’s two estranged daughters join her in her island paradise, she finds her life changing again, and this time she may win or lose her family permanently…unless Mustique Island can work its Caribbean magic once more.
Mustique Island reminds me of books like this that I read in the 1970s, and it’s an enjoyable subgenre. My main caveat is that I’d have liked more Lifestyles-of-the-Rich-and-Notorious characters and details. It’s not great literature, but it’s a great beach read!
