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Gloria

Written by: Kerry Young
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act alters the course of her life forever. Taking along her younger sister, she flees their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. But in a capital city awash with change, a black woman is still treated as a second-class citizen. From a room in a boarding house and a job at a supply store, Gloria finds her way to a house of ill repute on the edge of the city, intrigued by the glamorous, financially independent women within.

It is an unlikely place to meet the love of your life, but here she encounters Pao, a Chinatown racketeer and a loyal customer who will become something more.

It is also an unlikely place to gain a passion for social justice, but it is one of the house's proprietors who instills in Gloria new ideas about the rights of women and all humankind, eventually propelling her to Cuba, where even greater change is underway, and where Gloria must choose between the life she has made for herself and the one that might be.Alive with the energy of a country at a crossroads, this is a story of love in many forms, and of Gloria's evolution-from a frightened girl on the run to a woman fully possessed of her own power.

©2013 Kerry Young (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Historical Fiction World Literature Latin America Caribbean
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Robin Miles knocked another narration out of the park. I was enthralled in Kerry Young's story and the characters he introduces. I found myself talking back to Gloria (or really Robin Miles as Gloria lol) like she was an aunt of mine, telling me stories about her life. I'm a Trini of Indo and Afro descent, and the difference in cultures and races felt very familiar to me, as well as these Caribbean women carving out a life as best they can and being kind to each other in a world that is not kind to them. At times, I did find it hard to keep up with the characters' names. But I think that's more about hearing a story vs reading it (and being able to go back and re-read pages).

I really enjoyed this book

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