Book Overview
(The whole story and nothing but the story so help me dear "Pen") No Hannibal Lecter here. Just a single mother and her animalistic raging passion with a few quid pro quos as she grippingly strives for survival for herself and her eight children. CAUTION - There are serious immigration issues that are detailed in this dramatic Caribbean-American story. This is the family edition of the original version of "The Non-Silence of the LAMB." Excerpt: She took a quick glance back just before she disappeared through the main doorway, and disappointment slapped her squarely in the face. She saw that the immigration officer was leading Bunny and Lela away to a special room. She noticed the sad looks on their faces. They were as disappointed as the inarguable favorite to win; the Brazilian team, when they got surprisingly knocked out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian team was knocked out by the Netherlands team in the stage-two round of the sixteen knock-out phase. Gena walked away feeling as sad as Maradona, the famous one-time soccer player and now coach of the Argentinean team. He stood on the sidelines of the same 2010 FIFA quarter finals and watched his team get brutally beat down by Germany, four goals to zero. The book is a rather serious story about a Jamaican family led by a strong single parent female who searches for success for both herself and her very large family. The book is a series of continuous compelling stories that comprises the life of Essie and her eight children. It is a very exciting island-style book for everyone to read. Clarion Review GENERAL The Non-Silence of the LAMB "Having kids was her survival tool," writes Luke A. M. Brown and Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown of Essie, ... It is a story of love and family, and it is quite nicely, if not artfully, told. The prose is simple and easy to follow. From its opening pages set in the late 1930s Jamaica to its later pages set in present-day New York City, The Non-Silence of the LAMB seeks to not only chronicle but also explain the journey of the poor farm girl who eventually becomes Essie Brown, matriarch of an extended family that grows to include her eight children, .. At the very least, they have crafted a pleasant, often sweet, and always entertaining novel about an unusual, dynamic woman and the family she built. Mark McLaughlin Kirkus Review Her (Essie) fictionalized story begins in Jamaica-a gutsy 14-year-old determined to make a life for herself, who escapes her resentful adoptive family and the arduous work they make her do. After she runs away from tiny Cascade to the city of Montego Bay, Essie hunts for work and soon finds a job working for the Ferguson family, baby-sitting their children and cooking their meals. She begins to enjoy her life in the big city, making friends and even finding a boyfriend, Stedman; then she gets pregnant and miscarries. Although she and Stedman are determined to stay together and have a family, she has another miscarriage and then another, and Stedman leaves her for her best friend, Cherry. Heartbroken and angry, she once again resolves to make it on her own and lands a job as a hotel chef. She soon finds herself pregnant once more, but this time, the father wants nothing to do with her, and she brings the pregnancy to full term. After a series of ill-fated affairs, Essie finds Tim Brown, a friend from childhood who now promises to be the first man to stand by her. This novel shows how, in the end, Essie's journey and faith helped her grow strong and focused; she eventually raised eight children on her own, molding them into ambitious, motivated sons and daughters. She held her unwieldy family together with gumption, stoicism and a willingness to recreate herself whenever life proved difficult. Her determination is powerful, as is this fictionalized collection of key moments in her life. A memorable story of a matriarch whose bravery and tenacity inspired her children. This description may be from another edition of this product.
