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No Hannibal Lecter here. Just a single mother with a few quid pro quos as she grippingly strives for survival for herself and her eight children.
Men in Essie's world are after only one thing, and she is glad to give it to them--but only with a little quid pro quo to support her and her growing brood. Mark McLaughlin Essie, an orphan child, had an awful abusive family in the countryside of Jamaica. She was always down on her luck with men. After eight children with none of their fathers around, she came close to giving up. She migrated to the USA which made her wanting to live once again. However, getting here was another story. That was when all of the drama began. Excerpt: Gena was ahead of the game. She knew that if anything went wrong, she would have to quickly separate herself from the pack and bail out. That was exactly what she did. As soon as her papers were processed, she did not linger. She calmly walked by Bunny and Lela, who were still being questioned. Gena held her head straight as if she didn't know them and had no part in other people's affairs. As the old Jamaican saying goes, it was like "when chicken a pass by dentist office," meaning, since chickens have no teeth, they have no concern with dentists, and therefore, they hold their heads up high with pride when passing by a dental office because they have no reason to care. Gena held on tightly to little Faith's hand and headed straight out through the doors of the airport. She took a quick glance back just before she disappeared through the main doorway, and disappointment slapped her squarely in the face. She saw that the immigration officer was leading Bunny and Lela away to a special room. She noticed the sad looks on their faces. They were as disappointed as the inarguable favorite to win; the Brazilian team, when they got surprisingly knocked out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian team was knocked out by the Netherlands team in the stage-two round of the sixteen knock-out phase. Gena walked away feeling as sad as Maradona, the famous one-time soccer player and now coach of the Argentinean team. He stood on the sidelines of the same 2010 FIFA quarter finals and watched his team get brutally beat down by Germany, four goals to zero. Book Review by CN Weekly News; Dr. Luke A. M. Brown (the Lamb) has succeeded in writing a very interesting and entertaining book, focusing on a mother's relentless love in a community adjacent to Jamaica's second city, Montego Bay. The story's about the pretty, shapely, country girl, Essie, who escaped life with an abusive family to live in Montego Bay. There, as a result of several failed romantic relationships, the young girl bears eight children for multiple men but matures to a strong, caring mother. Essie meanders through her relationships with hope then despair, as again and again she is abandoned after bearing a child. But Essie presses on excelling as a chef, acquiring a house, and skillfully juggling scarce funds to cloth, feed and school her children. As adults, the children succeed in making much of their lives, building on the foundation of their mother's love. Her eldest child and daughter, Gina, manages to get to the U.S., via the Bahamas, becomes a U.S. citizens and helped most of her siblings and her mother to migrate. One of her children, Leonard, whose life seems remarkably familiar to the author, becomes a Doctor of Pharmacy, the core of Essie's pride. Essie grows old, sick and dies in the U.S., and her body is returned to Jamaica for burial where Leonard offers a moving eulogy. But the remarkable funeral is ruined when one of Essie's sons who despised her because she left him with his father in the Jamaican countryside, sparked a major disturbance at the graveside over the reading of the will. The author gives an in-depth account of the Jamaican culture and folklore.
Men in Essie's world are after only one thing, and she is glad to give it to them--but only with a little quid pro quo to support her and her growing brood. Mark McLaughlin Essie, an orphan child, had an awful abusive family in the countryside of Jamaica. She was always down on her luck with men. After eight children with none of their fathers around, she came close to giving up. She migrated to the USA which made her wanting to live once again. However, getting here was another story. That was when all of the drama began. Excerpt: Gena was ahead of the game. She knew that if anything went wrong, she would have to quickly separate herself from the pack and bail out. That was exactly what she did. As soon as her papers were processed, she did not linger. She calmly walked by Bunny and Lela, who were still being questioned. Gena held her head straight as if she didn't know them and had no part in other people's affairs. As the old Jamaican saying goes, it was like "when chicken a pass by dentist office," meaning, since chickens have no teeth, they have no concern with dentists, and therefore, they hold their heads up high with pride when passing by a dental office because they have no reason to care. Gena held on tightly to little Faith's hand and headed straight out through the doors of the airport. She took a quick glance back just before she disappeared through the main doorway, and disappointment slapped her squarely in the face. She saw that the immigration officer was leading Bunny and Lela away to a special room. She noticed the sad looks on their faces. They were as disappointed as the inarguable favorite to win; the Brazilian team, when they got surprisingly knocked out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian team was knocked out by the Netherlands team in the stage-two round of the sixteen knock-out phase. Gena walked away feeling as sad as Maradona, the famous one-time soccer player and now coach of the Argentinean team. He stood on the sidelines of the same 2010 FIFA quarter finals and watched his team get brutally beat down by Germany, four goals to zero. Book Review by CN Weekly News; Dr. Luke A. M. Brown (the Lamb) has succeeded in writing a very interesting and entertaining book, focusing on a mother's relentless love in a community adjacent to Jamaica's second city, Montego Bay. The story's about the pretty, shapely, country girl, Essie, who escaped life with an abusive family to live in Montego Bay. There, as a result of several failed romantic relationships, the young girl bears eight children for multiple men but matures to a strong, caring mother. Essie meanders through her relationships with hope then despair, as again and again she is abandoned after bearing a child. But Essie presses on excelling as a chef, acquiring a house, and skillfully juggling scarce funds to cloth, feed and school her children. As adults, the children succeed in making much of their lives, building on the foundation of their mother's love. Her eldest child and daughter, Gina, manages to get to the U.S., via the Bahamas, becomes a U.S. citizens and helped most of her siblings and her mother to migrate. One of her children, Leonard, whose life seems remarkably familiar to the author, becomes a Doctor of Pharmacy, the core of Essie's pride. Essie grows old, sick and dies in the U.S., and her body is returned to Jamaica for burial where Leonard offers a moving eulogy. But the remarkable funeral is ruined when one of Essie's sons who despised her because she left him with his father in the Jamaican countryside, sparked a major disturbance at the graveside over the reading of the will. The author gives an in-depth account of the Jamaican culture and folklore.
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GENERAL
The Non-Silence of the LAMB
Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown
Luke A. M. Brown
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"Having kids was her survival tool," writes Luke A. M. Brown and Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown
of Essie, the main character in their novel about a poor Jamaican woman who uses her physical
beauty and cunning sexual wiles to build and care for a family.
After being molested on her first day in the "big city" of Montego Bay, Essie--the naive
teenage country girl with the perfect beach body--quickly learns how to make the most of her
considerable charms to get what she needs. Essie is no gold digger or home-wrecker; she is a
woman with a plan for her future, a plan that involves having a lot of children, most without the
benefit of matrimony.
From its opening pages set in the late 1930s Jamaica to its later pages set in present-day
New York City, The Non-Silence of the LAMB (the acronym represents Luke Brown's initials)
seeks to not only chronicle but also explain the journey of the poor farm girl who eventually
becomes Essie Brown, matriarch of an extended family that grows to include her eight children,
twenty-six grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Some of those children evolve
into characters rather than just names in the book, but even in chapters that feature Karl,
Leonard, Myrtle, Bunny, and others, it is still very much Essie's story.
Except for a number of tastefully written sex scenes, most of which involve Essie
prancing around in lingerie, the Browns' novel is a rather tame tale meant to explore rather than
expose the culture and lifestyle that Essie represents. It is a story of love and family, and it is
quite nicely, if not artfully, told. The prose is simple and easy to follow. And while the writing is
rarely inspired, it does convey what Essie is doing and feeling.
This is very much a book for and about women. Most of the men, with the exception of a
sweet character named Tim, are "no freakin' good, mon, ya know dat?" This is what Essie tells
one of her earlier beaus, a waiter named Stedman, with whom she had two miscarriages and
who then cheated on her with her best friend. Men in Essie's world are after only one thing, and
she is glad to give it to them--but only with a little quid pro quo to support her and her growing
brood.
The Non-Silence of the LAMB is part of a growing series based on the fictional Brown
family. The books appear designed to explore, examine, and explain a culture that may be
unfamiliar to most readers. If that is indeed their goal, the Browns have succeeded. At the very
least, they have crafted a pleasant, often sweet, and always entertaining novel about an unusual,
dynamic woman and the family she built.
Mark McLaughlin
GENERAL
The Non-Silence of the LAMB
Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown
Luke A. M. Brown
CreateSpace
978-1-4662-1679-2
"Having kids was her survival tool," writes Luke A. M. Brown and Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown
of Essie, the main character in their novel about a poor Jamaican woman who uses her physical
beauty and cunning sexual wiles to build and care for a family.
After being molested on her first day in the "big city" of Montego Bay, Essie--the naive
teenage country girl with the perfect beach body--quickly learns how to make the most of her
considerable charms to get what she needs. Essie is no gold digger or home-wrecker; she is a
woman with a plan for her future, a plan that involves having a lot of children, most without the
benefit of matrimony.
From its opening pages set in the late 1930s Jamaica to its later pages set in present-day
New York City, The Non-Silence of the LAMB (the acronym represents Luke Brown's initials)
seeks to not only chronicle but also explain the journey of the poor farm girl who eventually
becomes Essie Brown, matriarch of an extended family that grows to include her eight children,
twenty-six grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Some of those children evolve
into characters rather than just names in the book, but even in chapters that feature Karl,
Leonard, Myrtle, Bunny, and others, it is still very much Essie's story.
Except for a number of tastefully written sex scenes, most of which involve Essie
prancing around in lingerie, the Browns' novel is a rather tame tale meant to explore rather than
expose the culture and lifestyle that Essie represents. It is a story of love and family, and it is
quite nicely, if not artfully, told. The prose is simple and easy to follow. And while the writing is
rarely inspired, it does convey what Essie is doing and feeling.
This is very much a book for and about women. Most of the men, with the exception of a
sweet character named Tim, are "no freakin' good, mon, ya know dat?" This is what Essie tells
one of her earlier beaus, a waiter named Stedman, with whom she had two miscarriages and
who then cheated on her with her best friend. Men in Essie's world are after only one thing, and
she is glad to give it to them--but only with a little quid pro quo to support her and her growing
brood.
The Non-Silence of the LAMB is part of a growing series based on the fictional Brown
family. The books appear designed to explore, examine, and explain a culture that may be
unfamiliar to most readers. If that is indeed their goal, the Browns have succeeded. At the very
least, they have crafted a pleasant, often sweet, and always entertaining novel about an unusual,
dynamic woman and the family she built.
Mark McLaughlin
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