Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood

by Rachel Manley

Book Overview

Rachel Manley, granddaughter and daughter of two of Jamaica's national leaders, tells the story of the brilliant and artistic Manleys, Jamaica's most prominent and glamorous political family, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0676970834
• ISBN13: 9780676970838
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Loved this ...

If you want to learn more about Jamaica this book gives you an insight into the complexity of that island's culture and history. Ms Manley is an amazing writer.

Superb personalized history

An insider's view of the evolution of Jamaican democracy, from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in the household of the most important family. Great writing, wonderful insights.

Brilliant

Drumblair is a warm, moving and almost impossibly well-written account of Norman and Edna Manley written from the point of view of their granddaughter. I got the book because I was interested in the subject, but read it twice because Rachel Manley writes with such a pure, clean prose, with emotion but not sentimentality, that you can't help but love this memoir. It may be the best book by a Jamaican author I've ever read, and it's certainly one of the best memoirs.