Monthly Archives: June 2018
GOODBYE FOREVER, VICKY by Latchman Rajrup BUY NOW FROM AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE KIRKUS REVIEW A young man in Guyana becomes caught between two women he professes to love in this debut novel. Vicky grows up in Port Mourant, Guyana, doubly stymied by the burden of poverty and a limitlessly irresponsible father, who finally abandons him when he’s 7 years old. Vicky eventually becomes a teacher and, at 18, he falls deeply in love with one of his students, 16-year-old Julie. She’s…..
Sometimes our upbringing and parental love shape the course of our lives, and make us who we are and what we stand for. I was born, and grew up in Guyana. My childhood days were spent in Bound Yard, a slum occupied predominantly by sugar – estate workers, many of whom were descendants from indentured laborers. I was raised single-handedly by my mother who worked laboriously in the sugar plantations to eke out a living. Living conditions were deplorable. We…..