![]() ![]() ![]() It is thoroughly researched, and if you are a serious book nerd like me you’ll read the notes where she explains the writing process, and gives you discussion prompts. It is clear Levy didn’t simply write a fanciful novel, and plonk it in Jamaica. very readable, and I assume a well researched insight in the last years of slavery in jamaica, giving a voice to individuals from that great group of very. The book is written in the form of a memoir, and although fictional, I appreciated reading about this period from the perspective of a black woman, something rare in both fiction and non-fiction accounts. Finalist for the 2010 Man Booker PrizeThe New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year In her follow-up to Small Island, winner of the Whitbread Book. ![]() Levy could capture the violence and brutality (which was particularly abhorrent in Jamaica), and somehow, weave together a story with humour, bravery, love and more. Until recently, I had actively avoided books on or around slavery (as that is not the only history of black people/Africa) so I was quite ambivalent about reading this, however, this wariness was dispelled a chapter in. ![]()
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