Annie John vs White horses: Which Should You Read?

Annie John Jamaica Kincaid · 1983 ★★★★☆ 3.7 148 pages · ≈ 2 h 44 m · Moderate

“For a short while during the year I was ten, I thought only people I did not know died.”

Since her first, prize-winning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. The New York Times hailed her "prophetic power" and the Los Angeles…

White horses Alice Hoffman · 1982 ★★★★☆ 3.8 298 pages · ≈ 5 h 31 m · Moderate

When Teresa was a little girl, she dreamed of dark-eyed, fearless heroes on white horses who would sweep her away. But now, as the adult Teresa negotiates life and love, she begins to understand that fairy tales don't…