Force Ripe - Softcover

McKenzie, Cindy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517069688 ISBN 13: 9781517069681

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Set on a West Indian Island, Force Ripe portrays the story of Lee, a little girl growing up in a northern village in the 1970s, when it was normal for children to be left with grandparents while parents went abroad to work and send money home. It was the time of revolution, during which Lee’s father joined a growing Rastafarian movement. Force Ripe tells, in Lee’s voice, the story of her life in the ghetto with her brother and father, when the siblings were taken out of school and left on their own to roam the bushes and smoke ganja. It describes how she was taken by a Rastman when she was just ten, and how she survived - with no one to turn to - during a time of women’s liberation, free education and youth movements. She is subsequently rescued when the Rastafarian commune is disbanded by the People’s Revolutionary Army-(PRA), and struggles to bury her secret past.

About this title

About the Author

Cindy McKenzie was born and raised in Grenada. She was fortunate to grow up in a village where the road was her playground and doors were never locked. She is free spirited and passionate about creating, which shines through her stories as well as her craft. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, especially from her desire to tell these stories in a voice that is unique to her and to her West Indian culture. She has regular postings on her face book page as well as her blog. She lives with her husband and daughter. Force Ripe is her first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1517069688
• ISBN 13: 9781517069681
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332