Greenwichtown, Joyce Palmer
Greenwichtown, Joyce Palmer
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Greenwichtown

Author: Joyce Palmer

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/09/2011


Synopsis

Young Fay Myrtle lives in a shack outside a Jamaican plantation until her sister moves her to the Greenwichtown ghettos. Lonely and confused, Fay struggles every day to survive in the face of desperate poverty. Despite her squalid surroundings, she receives an education and grows into a strong woman. But when she loses the man she loves, she has no other choice than to find work off the island to support the twins she leaves behind. Greenwichtown is an emotionally stirring novel from a powerful voice in Caribbean-American fiction. Fay's fate closely mirrors that of so many islanders, who must "go foreign" simply to provide for their families. Author Joyce Palmer enriches her book with vibrant descriptions and narrator Robin Miles perfectly voices the colorful dialog.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaleah

I absolutely loved this story! I was between 4.25 and 4.5 stars, but rounded up because I listened to the Audible audio version and it's fantastic. I was immediately pulled in by the author's authentic, child-like prose of Fay, the main character, and by the superb narration of Robin Miles. She brin......more

Goodreads review by Karee

Review coming soon, I need to digest my thoughts.......more

Goodreads review by Donna

4.5 stars. Started slow with no vested interest in the characters but how wrong I was. Poor in Jamaica with no job. Characters you begin to root for when all their is is hardship, failure and deceit. I loved the pragmatism of Fay/Clara. Her triumphs and failures.. she says toward the end, “ I am goi......more

Goodreads review by Yvette

Living in a shack outside a jamacian plantation, Fay Mytle struggles daily to survive the poverty and despair. Against all odds she receives an education and blossom into a strong woman. I actually listened to this on cd and it was quite interesting to hear this novel narrated in jamaician dialect .......more