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A review by jolynne
Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique
5.0
The story of sisters, their secrets, their mysticism, their pride, their promises and their love and loves set in the breathtaking beauty (described to me by the author)of the Virgin Islands. I appreciated the way the author intertwined racism, women’s equality, poverty, American privilege and colonialism into the story, all of which along with family determined the why’s of this story.
There were many passages I shared in other places, but for this review I will share this passage spoken by Ronalda after she learns the history of saltfish and why she will never eat it again. It is so in tune with what is and has been given by the government commodity program to the Indigenous peoples of the northern hemisphere U.S. - “The history of the salted codfish, brought from New England cheap to feed the Caribbean slaves. She would think of how Caribbean folks ignorantly sought out the slave food as a delicacy and thought nothing of it”.
There were many passages I shared in other places, but for this review I will share this passage spoken by Ronalda after she learns the history of saltfish and why she will never eat it again. It is so in tune with what is and has been given by the government commodity program to the Indigenous peoples of the northern hemisphere U.S. - “The history of the salted codfish, brought from New England cheap to feed the Caribbean slaves. She would think of how Caribbean folks ignorantly sought out the slave food as a delicacy and thought nothing of it”.