It Begins with Tears

by Opal Palmer Adisa

Book Overview

Kirstoff village, in the heart of rural Jamaica, is a peaceful home where evryone knows everyone else and looks out for eachother. Until Monica comes home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435989464
• ISBN13: 9780435989460
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Magical Tale

Opal Palmer Adisa's It Begins With Tears is a magical tale about the inhabitants of Kristoff Village, Jamaica. In this, her first novel, Adisa has created a seamless world that connects the eternal and the ephemeral, where words bridge the gap between these seemingly disparate dimensions.

Loved this one

This is the story of the women who live in Krisoff Village. Monica a pretty woman, who use to be a hooker comes back to town, and all the married women are jealous of her, because the men can't seem to get enough of her. This book show's how jealousy, when it get's to the extinct of hurting someone can come back on you.

Take an awesome journey through Jamaican village life!

Adisa has the amazing ability to escort you through the village of Kristoff, Jamiaca and make you "feel" everything that happens. You become a silent member of the village who sees everything that's natural and spritual. The sense of kinship and spirituality felt among the villagers and folklore characters is unbelievably rich. This is a book you'll want to read again and again!!!

Mi miss mi yaad

I read this book twice and still could not get enough of it. Palmer creates a magical yet very real picture of her characters. I felt like I knew Monica, Beryl, Marva etc. As a young Jamaican woman I am always on the look out for good Caribbean writers. Ms. Palmer mi waiting fi anudder book nuh, mon!