Accomplished visual artist Bonita LeFlore’s first literary venture, The Last Daughter of Elizabeth Light, is an ingenious construction—a slim volume able to house a family of independent women whose lives extend over two centuries and whose travels take them from Christchurch, New Zealand to San Francisco. These are remarkable people, lovingly portrayed and highly individuated. Chronicling the rebellions and the compromises, the failures and the successes of nine generations of strong-willed women, this compelling novel celebrates the essential freedom of the human spirit.