Sequins for a Ragged Hem

A beautifully atmospheric memoir and travelogue from poet Amryl Johnson depicting her journey from the UK to Trinidad in the 1980sbr>br>''Memories demanded that I complete this book. If what I experienced was, in fact, a haunting, I believe I have now laid these ghosts to rest in a style which I hope will satisfy even the most determined ones.''br>br> Amryl Johnson came to England from Trinidad when she was eleven. As an adult in 1983, ready for a homecoming, she embarks on a journey through the Caribbean searching for home, searching for herself.br>br> Landing in Trinidad as carnival begins, she instantly surrenders to the collective, pulsating rhythm of the crowd, euphoric in her total freedom. This elation is shattered when she finds the house where she was born has been destroyed. She cannot escape - nor wants to - from the inheritance of colonialism.br>br> Her bittersweet welcome sets the tone for her intoxicating exploration of these distinct islands. In evocative, lyrical prose Sequins for a Ragged Hem is an astonishingly unique memoir, interrogating the way our past and present selves live alongside one another. br>br>Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books from Black Britain and the diaspora, which remap the nation and reframe our history.>

Product details

• Authors: Amryl Johnson, Estate of Amryl Johnson, Johnson Amryl
• Assisted by: Bernardine Evaristo (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2022
• EAN: 9780241995754
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99575-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Black Britain: Writing Back
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Political activism, Travel writing, Caribbean islands, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Relating to Black British Caribbean people, Black & Asian Studies