This is Andrea Levy's fifth novel. She is
the daughter of Jamaican immigrants who arrived in 1948 , though she was born
in Britain, and she
writes entertaining novels that reflect the experiences of black Britons .She
also skilfully explores the ties that bind British history with that of Jamaica.
In this book , set in Jamaica during
the last years of slavery, she tells of the lives of slaves , in particular one female slave July, and
their British plantation owners
The blurb reads....
“ You do not know me yet but I am the narrator of this work. My son
Thomas who is printing this book tells me it is customary at this place in a
novel to give the reader a little taste of the story within these pages. As
your storyteller , I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent
years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed”
It's an immensely readable , well-researched
book. At times it's funny, sometimes unpleasant, often appalling as it paints a picture of
life in Jamaica
in the nineteenth century.
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