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  • The Black Peacock

    by Rachel Manley ...
    Friends since attending university in Jamaica, Lethe and Daniel have long realized they would never be good for each other. But Lethe is Daniel's muse, and theirs is a connection that proves unbreakable as they spend the next thirty years crisscrossing the Caribbean and travelling the world in search of work, love, and home. Now, Daniel has become an internationally renowned prize-winning poet, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fellowship

    by Rachel Manley ...
    The recipient of a prestigious Gunter Fellowship, Jessica leaves behind Jamaica, the only country she’s ever known, for Cambridge, Massachusetts, near the end of the twentieth century. In her fellowship year, she is to write a memoir about her father, a professor of mathematics at the University of the West Indies.Attuned to watching for meaning below the surface of things, Jessica learns about ... Read more

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  • Drumblair

    by Rachel Manley ...
    Rachel Manley, granddaughter and daughter of two of Jamaica's national leaders, tells the story of the brilliant and artistic Manleys, Jamaica's most prominent and glamorous political family, and the house in which they lived, Drumblair. Manley vividly recreates the world in which she came of age in this intimate and captivating memoir of the people who most changed Jamaica's intellectual, social, ... Read more

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  • Horses in Her Hair

    by Rachel Manley ...
    Edna Manley came to Jamaica in 1922 as the wife of a national hero and mother to Jamaica’s fifth prime minister. But she had her own contributions to make as artist, mother, wife, behind-the-scenes politician, mystic, and seer. In this intimate biography, her granddaughter Rachel Manley tells Edna’s remarkable story from her artistic achievements to the demons that haunted her. Set in imperial ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Slipstream

    by Rachel Manley ...
    Slipstream is a shining portrait of one man’s-prime minister Michael Manley-enormous heart and undying spirit, and a testament to the ways in which courage and love can inspire us all to soar. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Take This Journey with Me

    Bermuda Anthology of Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction

    The stories in this collection of memoir and creative non-fiction delve into the sometimes humorous, often painful reflections of sixteen Bermuda writers – young and not so young, male and female, black and white, exploring Caribbean and Portuguese roots, telling stories that cumulatively reflect the cultural mosaic of Bermudian life. It is an act of bravery to put one’s lived experiences under ... Read more

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  • Lost Stitches

    The Bostitch Legacy and My Crazy Jamaican Family

    Danny Melville was content with his laid-back life in Jamaica. He spent his days playing polo with friends and other locals at his famed Chukka Cove, sipping on rum or maybe a Red Stripe, and living every day to the fullest. He knew how fortunate he was to have this life of privilege, which came from old family money: a legacy from his American great-grandfather Thomas Briggs, who over a hundred ... Read more

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