The Long Song

Set in the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed, this is the story of a Jamaican slave, Miss July, told at the request of her adult son – a proprietor of a publishing house. Miss July is a reluctant teller, but she certainly has a voice to savor with a charm all her own. We learn through her story that she was the product of a slave girl, Kitty, and the plantation overseer, Tam Dewar. As a child, she was snatched up into the plantation house and trained as a lady's maid and companion to the owner's sister, Caroline Mortimer. Told with irresistible cunning; it is captivating, mischevious and optimistic, generating new stories and plot lines throughout.