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found this book very moving as Jackie remembers her childhood and tries to make sense of her mother's story by talking to her own daughter.
The contrast between her memories of her mother and the harsher view when the outside world looks on rings very true.
Perhaps her mother was bipolar as she obviously has times of severe depression but there are other times, such as when she parades for Easter in a way even Jackie finds embarrassing, when she seems quite manic.

She captures the child's eye perspective amazingly well, 'Pilgrim State' is the story of generations of strong women, a fictionalised autobiography, spanning a period from thes to the present day.
It follows a family's migration from Jamaica, via the USA and Canada, to Britain, At the heart is the story of Dorothy, a mother of four who would do anything to keep her family together.
An amazing, vibrant novel describing life in Deptford for an immigrant Jamaican family in the earlys, More particularly, the motherdaughter relationship is explored in colourful depth by using flashbacks and imagery exposing life in the raw.
I read an uncorrected manuscript which was a fascinating experience, as it flowed in 'stream of consciousness' style in places! A memoir, written as a novel, of the author's mother's journey from the Caribbean to a New York mental asylum tos London.
Intimate and moving. A moving and heartfelt autobiographical work that explores a series of difficult motherdaughter relationships over a number of generations of the author's family in America.
Jamaica and South East London, Jackie is devoted to her mother and though Dorothy has spells away from the family whether working or in hospital, she is determined to do the best for them in difficult circumstances.
The bond stays strong though the tribulations of poverty, racism, illness and interventions from the social services, Despite the painful subject matter the writing is approachable, evocative and often lyrical, Quite good the best bit was probably the nightmarish opening chapter, but other parts of it were very vivid and have stayed with me too.
Pretty amazing story to write about one's own mother, a passenger left this on the plane so i decided to take it, its a memoir, a woman tellng erh daughter the story of her mother's struggles and life, the author's mother came from jamaica and had issues with her husband, immigration, depression and raising three of her four kids on her own.
a lot of the book was pretty boring, its not a fast, exciting read, theres not a lot going on, and its a bit confusing because it goes back and forth between past and present tense and is told from the author and her mother's point of view.
i wouldnt recommend it to anyone, but its not a bad read if you have the time, I have read the first chapter of this which is available online from the publisher, It is brilliant. I can't wait to read the rest, I was born in the US with a Jamaican mother and Russian father, My mother was deported withof her three children including me in, I spent three years in Jamaica before joining my mother in Canada en route to the UK arriving in London as a very young part of the Windrush generation.
InI began to write Pilgrim State, which was sold by auction to Hodder Headline in, published in hardback and audio under the Sceptre imprint April.
Paperback due April. If you want to download the first chapter go onto their website at sitelink www, pilgrimstate. co. uk. Its received what is called critical acclaim, lots of radio and press Hodder have high hopes, One of the issues about Pilgrim State is that even though its termed memoir I was born in the US with a Jamaican mother and Russian father.
My mother was deported withof her three children including me in, I spent three years in Jamaica before joining my mother in Canada en route to the UK arriving in London as a very young part of the 'Windrush' generation.
InI began to write Pilgrim State, which was sold by auction to Hodder Headline in,

published in hardback and audio under the Sceptre imprint April.
Paperback due April. If you want to download the first chapter go onto their website at sitelink www, pilgrimstate. co. uk. It's received what is called 'critical acclaim', lots of radio and press Hodder have high hopes, One of the issues about Pilgrim State is that even though it's termed 'memoir' it reads like a novel with four narrative voices, photos and original documentation contained within the myth of Demeter and Persephone.
It's poetic, lyrical, a love song to life, sitelink.