This work is not only a fictional family history but is also a comment on anthropological methodology and African systems of thought, with fractal dimensions.

Fair-skinned Beverley is ridiculed in Jamaica but has the last laugh when she returns as the wife of a diplomat. Kishwana is from the inner city but is the beneficiary of uptown benevolence. Lily’s life changes when her boyfriend leaves her for a white woman. Rosa gets a dream that she should take care of Zackie; and Valerie, with little education, turns to domestic work to eke out a living.These are just some of the characters who inhabit Erna Brodber’s collection of short stories...

This is the first American publication of Brodber's eagerly awaited third novel. In Louisiana: A Novel she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present.Here, Ella Townsend, a young African American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folklife and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead. With her tape recorder she explores the rich heri...

Nothing’s Mat is told by a black British teenager – “every black girl” – for she has no name until the very last chapters when she is teasingly called “Princess” by her husband. Somewhere in the 1950s London-based Princess is allowed to complete her sixth-form final exams by writing a long paper on the West Indian family instead of sitting an exam. She thinks this a godsend and that all she has to do is to interview her parents. Her father tries to help her with his side but they ...

Moments of Cooperation and Incorporation is a set of six essays showcasing moments between 1782 and 1996 when the Jamaican and American people of the African diaspora have cooperated with each other in the socio-geographic spaces of each. For both groups, this was a period defined by slavery, resistance, struggles for freedom, decolonization and civil rights.Brodber’s work relates the long connections between black Jamaicans and blacks in the United States from the late ei...

‘Sweet, romantic, perfectly formed coffee break reads. I loved them.’ – Best-selling author, Carmel HarringtonEvery Happily Ever After began with a Once Upon a Time…It's not the deliciously sweet cakes that draw Lily to the bakery every day. It's the person selling them…A gorgeously romantic short story, part of The Meet Cute series.

With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories.A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a stranger. . . .From the most popular writer of all time c...

A story about a frightening walk I had in the fog one cold winter's night a long time ago in Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England.

Set in the 1950s, when sixteen year old Lamour stumbles across a secret love affair she finds herself in great danger.

Christmas Eve so still I know, But something’s in the wind, There’s a sense of magic about, It’s now we need our friends. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Christmas Eve began no different from any other morning this year. Yawning, I opened the blind to see what the day outside offered. It was cold and dark, a typical midwinter day, with a coating frost covering the ground, my car and a few scattered toys the children had absentmindedly left on the driveway the previous evening. Gazing through...

John Connor was born in 1964 and has been writing poetry since he was sixteen. Following the death of his Mother and Father, John noticed that his poetry had changed. He wrote to give himself comfort and when he shared his words with others found his poems also gave comfort to them.Now, with thousands of followers on Facebook and a regular spot writing poetry for a grief management site called 'Healing Hugs', John is surprised at his sudden rise to fame. His work has also appeared ...

Quotes about LoveThis is to make your love life better.Quotes and Poems of love for him and her.Love is such a beautiful thing, use this book to spice it up.