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The Cleansing
By Cheryl Gittens-Jones
The Cleansing, the first of two books,
mirrors the phenomenon of colonialism via the life of
protagonist Unis MonteClaire.
The poems written in bajan (dialect spoken in Barbados),
diary excerpts and other writings, capture the author’s
struggle to reconnect to her authentic self.
Traumatized repeatedly, she moves between two existences
created to survive: one in light, the other in shadow.
To tell the story
she must disconnect from the pain while simultaneously reliving
tragedies of the past. In
the melee following abusive childhood years, many of the true
family stories were lost. Intermingled
with personal experience in some areas, the author chooses to
create stories to fill gaps lost to trauma.
The Cleansing
depicts the strength, courage, and perseverance of a black, West
Indian, woman-centered family line, raising their children
single-handedly while facing the dire consequences of the
fractured black social family structure, which is the archaic
legacy of colonialism.
-- Publish America
The Cleansing,is a memoir steeped in the belief of
Karma the law of cause and effect. It shows the mental, pyschic,
psychological and physiological journey of a young Caribbean
woman illegally migrating to the USA. She hopes to find healing
by examining a violent and impoverished past in order to
understand her present, and to create a more healthy, positive,
and secure legacy for future generations.
Towards the end of the memoir the reader is taken to a place
where the physical and metaphysical intersect when the main
character crosses paths with a malevolent force, which almost
causes her demise. She later reveals how her devotion to and
belief in the law of Karma and Buddhism saved her life.
It has been a long and difficult journey to bring this story
to the world but I have finally done so. My publisher believed
my story was important and unique enough to invest in so that it
can give others encouragement, inspiration and hope.
The Cleansing,
can be used as
an educational tool to help shatter stereotypes that continue to
distort our understanding on many levels. The work is written
from an international and cross-cultural perspective.
--Cheryl Gittens-Jones
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The Cleansing, is also available through
distributors Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Chapters, Canada, and on
websites such as: Amazon, Yahoo, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and
Walmart
Review
copies can be requested in writing from: support@publishamerica.com
Fax - 301-631-9073
Mail - P.O. Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705
Cheryl’s play: Shaduhs Uh Voodoo
at http://oneactplays.net/voodoo.html
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Cheryl’s work
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