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This Body

Tessa McWatt

"This Body is about food, fathers and family.  Situated in London in the 21st century the story invites the reader to rethink identity in a globalized world, where roots have been replaced by wings for they better symbolize the complex web of relationships that connect us to people and places."

Maria van Enckevort, Society for Caribbean Studies Newsletter

Set in London, Toronto and Guyana, This Body is a rich and moving portrait of great depth and authenticity conveying secrets that usually remain untold - those of desire, loss, identity, and of love lost and found. Tessa McWatt has created a novel that stands out for both its beauty and originality.

About the author
Tessa McWatt is a novelist, screenwriter, and librettist. She was born in Guyana and grew up in Canada. Her first novel, Out of My Skin, was published in 1998. Her second, Dragon's Cry, followed in 2000, when it was short-listed for the City of Toronto Book Awards and the Governor General Awards of Canada. Victoria her third novel was published in 2004. She has had shorter pieces published in Canadian literary journals, and her performed work was set to music by a contemporary classical composer. She is the writer and producer of a film based on John Berger's novel, To the Wedding. She has taught literature and creative writing at institutions in London as well as in Canada.

The Macmillan Caribbean Writers Series (MCW) offers a range of writing, not only in novels, novellas and short stories but also in non-fiction adventures, plays for festivals and poetry. Importantly, it provides a forum for new literary talent - introducing the work of the next generation of Caribbean writers as well as classic favourites and new work by more established authors. Macmillan commissions Caribbean artists to produce the front cover illustrations, which give the series a distinctive and dynamic appearance.