Sugar Cane

Author(s): E E Fry

Location(s): England, Mauritius

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1960s, Modern

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Beth Stephens’s seemingly normal life is turned upside down when her father, George Labelle passes away and she finds herself forced into travelling to Mauritius to spread his ashes. Set between England and Mauritius during the sixties to the present day, Sugar Cane follows both of their stories, juxtaposing between Beth in life and George from beyond the grave, father and daughter discovering more than they bargained for especially wherever the beautiful Sahana is concerned….

Sugar Cane has been described as a thriller, a murder mystery, a love story and a travel log. It touches the issues of mixed race heritage and identity without fear, providing real characters with real perceptions about how they fit into a world which needs to differentiate one human being from another.

Sugar Cane takes you on a journey to a far away place, where, along with the effects of slavery, Empire and indentured labour, a microcosm has been created over the centuries, the perfect canvas to illustrate what it really means to be free to know who we really are. Welcome to Mauritius.

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