This gripping story about an abused girl, who uses an unlikely prototype of as a guide to a better life, acts as a sort of metaphor of social realism regarding the rise of the African Americans to greater prominence and wealth in modern society as a whole. The narrative, which is closely written, and uses a realistic version of African American speech soon draws us into the central dilemma of a child, who due to her light skin, is rejected by the other children in her school, this then lea...

This is Mrs. Mitchell's award-winning novel What Happened to Suzy, the 25th Anniversary Edition. For its' grit, for its' real life circumstances, What Happened to Suzy took the nation by storm and was added to the nation's Library of Congress and can be requested in the Adams Building reading room. What Happened to Suzy fully describes the story of a very young girl looking for love. Abused at home by a fatigued mother and, by the ongoing abuse of an older brother, who was put in charge of...

Noah is a heartbreaking saga about Tiffany Mitchell's often difficult journey to find love. From the start, Tiffany Mitchell's road to love took her through dramatic twists and turns that left her thinking that love would be forever out of her reach. In fact, for many years love seemed elusive, like a never-ending pathway to certain disappointment until Tiffany meets a handsome bartender named Noah Crawford and, she falls in love at once. The special event gave Tiffany an immediate attract...

Using interwoven narratives — present-day United States, Trinidad, and the political tumult of Jamaica in the 1980s — Carol Mitchell's debut gives voice to the immigrant woman whose veneer of middle-class stability masks the violent trauma of a prior life."An engaging and life-affirming read." — Booklist"What start bad a mornin', cyan end good a evenin'." — Jamaican proverbAmaya Lin has few memories of the years before she tur...

In "Debi Thomas What Really Happened," Mitchell uncovers the truth about Debi's big losses in the 1988 Olympics up to how her medical career ended up failing in 2014. The author is stunned to learn that Debi Thomas felt she was not meant to win the gold in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. Moreover, Mitchell uncovers extensive research on why Debi, who openly dared to "Question Authority" seemingly at her own peril, incurred many of her losses and how. Mitchell, described as one of the best wr...

"What start bad a mornin', cyan end good a evenin'."—Jamaican proverbAmaya Lin has few memories of the years before she turned eighteen. Now in her forties, she has compensated by carefully cultivating a satisfying life as a wife, mother, and business professional. Her husband’s law practice is on the brink of major success; her neurodiverse son hasgrown into an independent adult; and she has come to terms with her aunt’s dementia. This sense of order is disrupted, however, ...

A beautifully written and often speculative story collection infused with Caribbean and African myths and cultures, exploring love, betrayal, motherhood, death, and home.GROUNDED IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND INFUSED WITH TRADITIONS of Africa and the Caribbean, A Good Haunting: Stories spins myth, magic, and realism into heartrending tales of characters seeking love and connection. Death is the primary antagonist in each of these stories, sometimes appearing as death of self, other time...

Shortlisted for the 2021 Bocas Children's Book PrizeWhen Mark's mother sends him and Chee Chee to St. Lucia to experience the cultural festival of Jounen Kwéyòl, Mark is thrown into another action-packed, time-travel adventure with one of the festival dancers. Mark and his new friend Danielle get caught in the middle of a cultural struggle between the British and the Afro-Caribbean people at a time when participating in creole festivals could land you in big trouble.About t...

Fourteen-year-old Jaden has experience with abandonment.All that he has of his mother fits into the barrels of goodies that she sends from the US to St. Kitts where he lives with his grandmother, father, and brother Rashid. But when Rashid is killed in a gang-styled execution right outside their house on the "good" part of Barberry Hill, Jaden's grandmother dies, and his parents seem even more distant than ever, Jaden is at the end of his rope. The police, his mother, his father, a...

Mercy Jean Diamond was the highly intelligent, un-liked daughter of a good, but philandering doctor, and deranged mother, who hated her. Though they were the richest family in all Parish, California there were problems. After ten-years of abuse and being the only child, Mercy Diamond is ecstatic when her parents have adorable sister Roxy Ann Diamond so, Mercy takes exemplary care of her sister until an unpredictable tragedy occurs. Unfortunately, father Fred is having a hot affair that rip...

Blends the ancient science of yoga with the unique training possibilities of the exercise ball to create an innovative and effective workout.• A unique combination of Hatha Yoga asanas and ball work that builds lean muscles while providing natural stress relief.• Includes a comprehensive workout adaptable to the needs of the beginner and those with a more advanced practice.Written by Certified Medical Exercise Specialist Carol Mitchell, Yoga on the Ball com...

First published in 1907. According to the Preface: "Christianity introduced a new moral epoch in the course of human history. Its effect was necessarily transforming upon those who came under its sway. Being cosmopolitan in its nature, we have now to study woman as being somewhat dissociated from racial type and national manner, and we shall seek to ascertain how she met and was modified by Christian conditions. These had a larger effect upon her life than upon that of man; for, by its nat...