Black Irish White Jamaican: My Family's Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481770772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Married with three sons and four grandchildren, she currently resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband. She lived in Jamaica for most of her childhood and early adulthood until she immigrated to the United States in 1977. About the Author Niamh O'Brien was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1951 to Irish parents who had emigrated there from Dublin. Black Irish White Jamaican is Niamh's first book. In 1998, she graduated magna cum laude from University of Houston.
She lived in Jamaica for most of her childhood and early adulthood until she immigrated to the United States in 1977. Married with three sons and four grandchildren, she currently resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband. Black Irish White Jamaican is Niamh's first book. Niamh O'Brien was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1951 to Irish parents who had emigrated there from Dublin. . In 1998, she graduated magna c
Pat B said Wonderful!. I truly enjoyed reading this book. Having lived in Jamaica all my life, except for a short time away for my job in 1980, I can definitely relate to and remember what it was like in Jamaica in the '70s and '80s. I agree with Niamh's simple explanations of that very complex and terrible time in our history. I remember going into a supermarket in early 1980, where the shelves were mostly bar. JAMAICA Land We Love Amazon Customer "Black Irish White Jamaican: My Family's Journey" is a phenomenal story, beautifully written, and all very true. It brought all the memories of life in Jamaica to the surface; most happy but some very painful to think about even thirty-odd years after leaving. Morris Cargill, a famous Jamaican attorney and newspaper columnist, once wrote "In Jamaica, if you are wise, you go about things i. Donald A. Lee said a fellow white Jamaican of Irish roots. I found the book accurate and gave a very good sense of what it was like living in Jamaica from the 50s thought the turbulent 70s and 80s. Unlike many of my friends and family who left, I joined the Jamaica Defence Force, a wonderful and great military organization. Sadly, however I too left before eventually ending up in the greatest country on earth - the USA!!DL
She was a true survivor.. Maeve always remained proud of the brave choices she made in her life, difficult choices, but ones that ultimately empowered her to find independence and peace. Amazingly, in spite of these challenges, she only grows stronger and wiser as the years go by. Maeve's painful personal challenges are hard enough to endure, but it is in later years, when she and the family are surrounded by corrupt politics, barbaric crimes and hateful racial turmoil, that her survival story becomes only more incredulous. The book details the immigration journey that eventually leads to safety in the United States of America. The story begins in 1951 when Tom O'Brien, the author's father, leaves his native Ireland with his pregnant wife Maeve and two year old son Peter to start a new life in their adopted home of Jamaica. The unbearable politics and crime forces the family to flee Jamaica in the late seventies. The author's personal stories of her Jamaican upbringing in a completely dysfunctional yet loving family are strewn with amusing highs and unnerving lows, but it