Daughter of the Caribbean
chapter 1
The Departure
Jamaica is calling me again !
Beloved Jamaica, the island of my birth, where brilliant sunshine and glistening white‐sand
beaches demand reverence; and where the fruit is sweet and abundant.
Exotic...
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Daughter of the Caribbean
chapter 1
The Departure
Jamaica is calling me again !
Beloved Jamaica, the island of my birth, where brilliant sunshine and glistening white‐sand
beaches demand reverence; and where the fruit is sweet and abundant.
Exotic Jamaica, the
island of my muse, where fowl feathers are fervently plucked so there is fresh poultry on
the table; where I’m chastised for chatting in Patois (the local dialect) and not the Queen’s
English; and where I’m lulled to sleep by loud pelts of rain on a tin roof.
Profound Jamaica is
where I encountered joy, abandon, intrigue and adventure; where I gripped an old
midwife’s hand and pushed my firstborn through my loins; where the people are strong,
defiant and accomplished; and where my loved ones flourished and perished.
And Jamaica,
my island of rare dismay, is where grace and conflict always compete for regard, and where
ancestral struggles and modern‐day politics challenge any psyche.
Twickenham in Jamaica is a
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