The Star Side of Bird Hill (Hardcover)

from brendajanefrank

I chose to read "The Star Side of Bird Hill" not for the story but for the setting and flavor of traditional Barbados and was not disappointed. Author Naomi Jackson, raised by West Indian parents, captured the traditions, language and customs of Barbados in her excellent first novel. Her tale of ...

from snash

A excellent tale of two girls shipped back their grandmother in Barbados when their mother's depression overwhelmed her. It's a coming of age story under difficult circumstances.

from musichick52

A man and a woman unite in love and run from Caribbean island life to the US in search of their future. Two children later, an onset of depression and substance abuse for the woman has her driving away her man and unable to care for the children. The girls are shipped off to grandmother back in B...

from Beamis12

I was very surprised, considering how well this book was written, to find out it is this authors first novel. The journey from childhood to adulthood is never easy, and it is especially difficult for Phaedra, aged ten and Dionne aged sixteen, when they are sent from Brooklyn to Barbados to stay t...

from bookmuse56

Jackson's debut novel is rich with realistically complex characters and subtle wit and wisdom as the characters understand the love of family and the ties that bind them. Two sisters, Dionne age 16 and Phaedra age 10, are sent by their mother to visit their grandmother Hyacinth in Barbados for th...