Barbadoes

Austin Clarke’s The Meeting Point (1967)

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The first volume of his Toronto trilogy introduces readers to Bernice Leach, who has left Barbados to work in Toronto as a housekeeper in an upscale neighbourhood in the 1960s. She has left behind a son and his father, as well as a mother and a sister, and she is

Austin Clarke’s The Meeting Point (1967)Buried In Print2015-10-06T10:02:44-04:00

Cecil Foster’s Independence (2014)

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Desmond has returned to the island because the prime minister has asked those who went abroad to help rebuild the nation, now that it has gained its independence. Harper Collins Publishers, 2014 Cecil Foster's experience is not unlike Desmond's, but Independence is rooted in the story of a

Cecil Foster’s Independence (2014)Buried In Print2014-07-11T17:08:05-04:00