Set on a West Indian Island, Force Ripe portrays the story of Lee, a little girl growing up in a northern village in the 1970s, when it was normal for children to be left with grandparents while

Force Ripe

Set on a West Indian Island, Force Ripe portrays the story of Lee, a little girl growing up in a northern village in the 1970s, when it was normal for children to be left with grandparents while parents went abroad to work and send money home. It was the time of revolution, during which Leeâ€™s father joined a growing Rastafarian movement. Force Ripe tells, in Leeâ€™s voice, the story of her life in the ghetto with her brother and father, when the siblings were taken out of school and left on their own to roam the bushes and smoke ganja. It describes how she was taken by a Rastman when she was just ten, and how she survived - with no one to turn to - during a time of womenâ€™s liberation, free education and youth movements. She is subsequently rescued when the Rastafarian commune is disbanded by the Peopleâ€™s Revolutionary Army-(PRA), and struggles to bury her secret past.

Country	USA
Author	Cindy McKenzie
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781517069681
Edition	1
ISBN	1517069688
Label	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	334
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2015-09-24
Publisher	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Studio	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Force Ripe