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Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation
- Location(s): Caribbean, London, Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A story about the triumph of hope, love, and determination, Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin: from Trinidad, to London as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of Lords. Follow ten-year-old...
- Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Tee is being made socially acceptable by her Aunt Beatrice, so that she can cope with the caste system of Trinidad.
- Location(s): Jamaica
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 1800s
With her guardian planning to remarry, 20-year-old Phoebe Dymond finds she is no longer welcome in his Falmouth home and is soon hustled aboard the packet ship Providence bound for Jamaica and an arranged marriage. A skilled herbalist and...
- Location(s): Bristol, Jamaica, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s onwards
London, 1978. Yamaye, a woman in her 20s unsure of who she is, but with dreams of being a DJ and MC. Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an...
- Location(s): Barbados, Jamaica, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1720
“Never had she imagined she would be brought so low, and all for the love of a very bad man.” 1710 Convict’s daughter, Laetitia Beedham, is set on an epic journey from the back streets of London, through transportation...
- Location(s): Jamaica, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1783
An action-packed and pacey story about a boy’s experience of slavery in Britain. Nathaniel doesn’t want to move to England with his master’s family, leaving behind his mother and sister on the Jamaican plantation. But then he remembers what...
- Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A quirky family comedy set in the Caribbean from prize-winning author Patrice Lawrence. Shayla can’t wait to see her cousin Michael again. Last time, they had great fun chasing Granny’s chickens and playing hide-and-seek in the bamboo by the...
- Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1950s
Another perceptive novel about a boy on the edge of adult responsibilities. It is the story of Shellie, a Trinidadian boy who moves to a new village and there meets two girls. He is charmed by Rosalie but he...
- Location(s): Montego Bay
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village. Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to...
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, it’s the story of a wilful adventurer, who ignores the warnings...
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