A review by jwinchell
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson

4.0

This is adult fiction that is accessible to young adults (not middle school students, IMO). The prose is loose and lovely and I feel like I've been to Barbados because of the accessible imagery and dialogue. Totally character-driven, we dive into the lives of complex lives of Hyacinth and her granddaughters Dionne (16) and Phaedra (10). Jackson nods to Ngozi Adichie, Kincaid, and Danticat--and I see how this work fits into a bigger movement of fiction that weaves together the homeland and life in the U.S. and then the homeland again. Beautiful and complicated.