Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2016 | Page 217
Force Ripe | Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
GRENADIAN NOVEL
This book tells of a little girl’s life of forced adult-hood, an unorthodox Rastafarian father, absent mother and child-hood uncertainties. This soulful and sometimes heart-wrenching story is written by Grenadian author Cindy McKenzie. Interspersed with Grenadian creole dialect, Force Ripe speaks of survival against all odds, resilience and the determination to rise above life’s challenges.
“ Lee is just three when her mother migrates to Aruba, leaving her and her brother to be raised by their great-grand parents. Lee’s life takes a dramatic turn, from a carefree and safe childhood, to life in the ghetto with her Rastafarian father. At ten, abandonded by her father, and admidst a revolution and an ever growing Rastafarian movement, Lee’s childhood is snatched away when she is taken as the wife of a Rastaman. What follows is a young girl’s struugles to bury her secret past . . .”