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What a Mother's Love Don't Teach You
- Narrated by: Jeannette Robinson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
As featured on BBC's Cultural Frontline podcast
At eighteen years old, Dinah gave away her baby son to the rich couple she worked for before they left Jamaica. They never returned. She never forgot him.
Eighteen years later, a young man comes from the US to Kingston. From the moment she sees him, Dinah never doubts - this is her son.
What happens next will make everyone question what they know and where they belong.
A powerful story of belonging, identity and inheritance, What a Mother's Love Don't Teach You brings together a blazing chorus of voices to evoke Jamaica's ghetto, dance halls, criminal underworld and corrupt politics, at the beating heart of which is a mother's unshakeable love for her son.
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Critic reviews
"An outstanding debut." (Cherie Jones, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House)
"Vivid and authentic." (Leone Ross, author of This One Sky Day)
"Takes us on a wonderful multifaceted journey through the lives, loves, pleasures and atrocities of the folks of Kingston." (Jacob Ross, author of The Bone Readers)
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- Lloydilicous
- 08-04-24
The plot and story line
I very much disliked the fake Jamaican accent and it ruined the whole experience as a listener for me
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- Miss B.Gibbons
- 31-05-23
Great story
Enjoy the story, a lot about what Jamaica was like in the 1980s.
All the characters you heard their story and how the are connected to each other. A bit of history lesson on the country.
The ascent of the person reading was not Jamaican so that was a bit off putting.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-07-24
loved book hated accent
the accent was so terrible I kept forgetting which island it was based on.
the story however I fully enjoyed, different sides and facets of ja represented, one I would recommend and I'd read from the author again
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- Carol
- 03-07-23
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Well written story with strong believable characters & rich history off Jamaica
look forward to another book from this author
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