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“I wanted to capture both sides of the coin: the vibrant, rhythmic pulse of Jamaican life and the heavy, unvarnished realities that lived beneath it.”
The inspiration: A Tribute to a generation of Women
The spark for my debut novel, Savannah, came from looking back at my mother’s era and the profound hardships women of that generation endured . It is an exploration of what women put up with in the name of love, the silent struggles they carried dealing with their men, and the painful reality that, to this day, many women are still putting up with the very same things.
Growing up in the UK with Caribbean – Jamaican parents I was surrounded by a beautifully vibrant community. On weekends, it felt like half of the community from my parent’s home parish who had migrated to the UK would gather.
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