Unburnable

there are some problems with this book.(besides a few distracting typos - and i usually don't mind, but these changed meanings too much to be acceptable) it's the same problems that books like the eight and the ghost of hannah mendes suffer from. all of these books split the narrative between a mode......more

Decades ago, in the 1940s, a woman by the name of Matilda was hung for murder on the lush, green island of Dominica. Her story became the stuff of chante mas songs, songs sung during the pre-Lenten Masquerade and known to everyone. Now, her grand-daughter, born in Dominica but partially raised in th......more

This is an outstanding piece of literary fiction. Set in Dominica, Marie-Elena John tells the harrowing story of three generations of Dominican women spanning from the 1940s to the early 2000s. The storyline takes the reader into the Dominican past highlighting its pre-Columbian past, its African pa......more

This novel was a struggle for me to finish. The story was interesting, but the writing style made this book a tremendous labor of frustration. The narrative follows several generations of a Caribbean family. The main character, Lillian Baptiste, leaves her native island of Dominica for the United St......more

I highly recommend joining a book club because it challenges you to read books outside your preferred genre and/or comfort zone. I would have never read Unburnable if it wasn't for my work book club. I am glad I read this book. It is an interesting story about three generations of women living or gr......more