false <![CDATA[The Pirate's Daughter]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181591987m/1168798.jpg 1168798 8 In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler arrived dramatically in Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. After a long and storied career on the silver screen, Errol Flynn spent much of the last years of his life on a small island off of Jamaica, throwing parties and sleeping with increasingly younger girls. Spanning two generations of women whose destinies become inextricably linked with the Hollywood star, <i>The Pirate's Daughter</i> tells the provocative history of a vanished era, of uncommon kinships, compelling attachments, betrayal, and atonement in a paradisal, tropical setting. May, the illegitimate daughter of Errol Flynn, belongs neither to the emerging black nation of Jamaica nor to the white, expatriate society on the island. Her mother, Ida, romantically adventurous, dreams of a bigger more glamorous world than that of her small seaside town. For them both, trying to find the right way to live their lives is about discovering who they are and where they truly belong. As adept with Jamaican vernacular as she is at revealing the internal machinations of a fading and bloated matinee idol, in this culturally sensitive and delightful novel, Margaret Cezair-Thompson weaves a saga of a mother and daughter finding their way in a nation struggling to rise to the challenge of independence. 2123693 31 10 2007 The Pirate's Daughter total:377|5:43|4:138|3:140|2:49|1:7| 377 1292 732 119 3 1 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 06:55:51 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 17:19:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 12:19:10 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:20:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:35:25 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 08:37:28 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 16:32:29 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 06:05:45 -0700 2008 Lush, vibrant prose. I was utterly transported! No stock cha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:24:35 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:26:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:52:49 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:52:49 -0800 2009 Jamaica-born Margaret Cezair-Thompson, a creative writing instructor at Wellesley College and author of The True History of Paradise, knows her native island's physical, political, and social landscape well. Her historical epic, which spans the years between the end of World War II and the 1970s, se...

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I enjoyed this very readable family saga set on the beautiful tropical island of Jamaica, a perfect summer read.
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If you've never been to Jamaica, you will want to go after reading this novel. And if you've ever been, you will return. The setting alone becomes a magnificent character; living and breathing life into the love story as it unfolds. Cezair...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 09 15:13:22 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 18:52:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 07:48:15 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 07:34:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 08:40:44 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 09:17:13 -0800 2008
It's a complex story that spans two generations of women set to the backdrop of 1950's to 1970's Jamaica and the island's economic and political struggles.

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