The Pirate's Daughter
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780812979428 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780812979428 Global Overview for this book
Registered by time-traveler of Peekskill, New York USA on 5/21/2008
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Synopsis
In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler arrived dramatically and accidentally 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. Based on those years, The Pirate's Daughter is the story of Ida, a local girl who has an affair with Flynn that produces a daughter, May, who meets her father but once...
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In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler arrived dramatically and accidentally 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. Based on those years, The Pirate's Daughter is the story of Ida, a local girl who has an affair with Flynn that produces a daughter, May, who meets her father but once...
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Sounds good!
I enjoyed reading this. It's an engrossing saga set mostly in the Jamaica of by-gone days. I particularly liked the visits to Ida's mother, Oni "a bush-doctor and obeah woman who could cure sickness, catch shadows, and predict the future."
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Journal Entry 4 by stagecrafty at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington USA on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (4/25/2012 UTC) at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington USA
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Released as part of my 20 book Edmonds CC book drop! I am releasing 20 books in one morning at my school.
I’m doing this in hopes of spreading the word about BookCrossing. I also wanted to share my love of reading with fellow students.
Good luck little book! May you find a nice home.
I’m doing this in hopes of spreading the word about BookCrossing. I also wanted to share my love of reading with fellow students.
Good luck little book! May you find a nice home.