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A review by bajebookclub
The Island of Forgetting by Jasmine Sealy
adventurous
emotional
funny
5.0
Picture it! Beautiful Barbados 🇧🇧 We move through the lives of 4 generations from 1962.
As a Barbadian, I loved this story and I am so glad I chose to listen to it. Took me back to the days of listening to Radiofussion with my granny Viola.
Jasmine captured the feel, the voice, the essence of Bajan life that I have heard stories about from family and friends and in fact lived. This story was captivating, funny, heart breaking and a gem - family, lies, love, deceit, family, ambition, courage, survival, dreams, life decisions/choices …..
I loved the ability to clearly identify the locations in the story and our dialect!
Things you say that tell me you’re a Bajan without saying you’re a Bajan 🇧🇧:
🌴 Rain Rain go away and come another day
🌴 Call-in program/Down to Brass Tacks
🌴 Hurricane Season - June too soon, July Standby, August is a Must, September remember, October all over!
🌴 Golden apples
🌴 7 o’clock news
🌴 Look Stabby 🤣🤣
🌴 Caw b***
Listen, go read this book!
Thank you Jasmine and Varia.
As a Barbadian, I loved this story and I am so glad I chose to listen to it. Took me back to the days of listening to Radiofussion with my granny Viola.
Jasmine captured the feel, the voice, the essence of Bajan life that I have heard stories about from family and friends and in fact lived. This story was captivating, funny, heart breaking and a gem - family, lies, love, deceit, family, ambition, courage, survival, dreams, life decisions/choices …..
I loved the ability to clearly identify the locations in the story and our dialect!
Things you say that tell me you’re a Bajan without saying you’re a Bajan 🇧🇧:
🌴 Rain Rain go away and come another day
🌴 Call-in program/Down to Brass Tacks
🌴 Hurricane Season - June too soon, July Standby, August is a Must, September remember, October all over!
🌴 Golden apples
🌴 7 o’clock news
🌴 Look Stabby 🤣🤣
🌴 Caw b***
Listen, go read this book!
Thank you Jasmine and Varia.