Long Walk to Cherry Gardens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997590579)

It is 1968. Kingston, in an emerging garrison community. Roderick Brissett, an abandoned, adolescent boy, finds himself marooned in a world of child labor and cruelty. His main nemesis, Aunt Hope threatens to destroy his youth. It would be his friend Chloe, herself an adolescent, who expands his world with the irresistible gift of books. Roderick finds other allies in the elders, Rastafarians and a Warner Woman. Will he unravel the painful family secrets that caused his mother's unthinkable actions? Will he build resilience or will he surrender to the lure of the dark streets of Kingston? A powerful examination of education, class, culture, kinship care and their effects on the adolescent.

Author: Andrene Bonner
ISBN-10: 0997590572
ISBN-13: 9780997590579
Publisher: Sisal Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2020
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d