Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 100
... father was a government engineer as was the groom himself . Guests were invited from all over the island , and those ... father's office . Champagne was liberally dispensed . Soon after the speeches at the reception the couple left by ...
... father was a government engineer as was the groom himself . Guests were invited from all over the island , and those ... father's office . Champagne was liberally dispensed . Soon after the speeches at the reception the couple left by ...
Page 187
... father is not my father or in other words the person who I took for my father was only my mother's husband . I believe at the time she was telling an untruth and I try to get at her tongue but teacher came between us and took her away ...
... father is not my father or in other words the person who I took for my father was only my mother's husband . I believe at the time she was telling an untruth and I try to get at her tongue but teacher came between us and took her away ...
Page 188
... father as he is our mother's husband . My grandmother who came up to visit us just when this was going on , said my step - father should be glad I was not his child , because I am no credit to anyone I am just a spoiled , wicked child ...
... father as he is our mother's husband . My grandmother who came up to visit us just when this was going on , said my step - father should be glad I was not his child , because I am no credit to anyone I am just a spoiled , wicked child ...
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