So Many Islands: Stories From The Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian And Pacific Oceans

Synopsis

So Many Islands Brings Us Stories About Love And Protest, About Childhood Innocence And The Traumas Of History, About Leaving Home And Trying To Return. These Writers's Island Homes May Seem Remote On The Map, But There Is Nothing Isolated About Their Compelling, Fresh Voices. - Provided By Publisher. Oceania / Karlo Mila -- Tread Lightly / Emma Kate Lewis -- Plundering / Heather Barker -- Plaine-verte / Sabah Carrim -- Neo-walt Village Combing / Mere Taito -- Granny Dead / Melanie Schwapp -- Child Of Four Women / Marita Davies -- Immunity / Damon Chua -- Beached / Angela Barry -- Perilous Journey / Tammi Browne-bannister -- Maala / Mikoyan Vekula -- Unaccounted For / Tracy Assing -- 1980s Pacific Testing / Fetuolemoana Elisara -- Coming Off The Long Run / Cecil Browne -- Roses For Mister Thorne / Jacob Ross -- Something Tiny / Erato Ioannou -- Avocado / Kendel Hippolyte -- Afterword / Sia Figiel. Edited By Nicholas Laughlin With Nailah Folami Imoja. Introduction By Marlon James--cover.