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Lingvo: English

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ISBN:: 978-1-4922-5547-5
Goodreads:: 18392905

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JUMPING SHIP: AN INTRODUCTORY NOVELLA

The year was nineteen seventy-five. Barren couple, Pearl and Edward Riley stumbled upon a newborn baby girl. Her cries could only be heard by a true mother, which Pearl immediately became. Bundled up with their new child, they discovered a parcel of artifacts and a scribbled note that read: Sakkara. Pregnant seamstress, Petrina Dugal, became a runaway at the age of twenty-six. She ran away from a brutish husband, Roger, and a well-loved South American home in Georgetown, Guyana; at the heart of her rebellion – an enigmatic lover named Michael Chen. Pet and Mikey, as they became affectionately known, allowed love to blossom in front of her police officer husband and an intrusive community. Were they not aware of the dangers? Or did the pursuit of love trump obligations?

Sakkara Riley grew up with two loving parents – adoptive parents to be exact. She …

JUMPING SHIP: AN INTRODUCTORY NOVELLA

The year was nineteen seventy-five. Barren couple, Pearl and Edward Riley stumbled upon a newborn baby girl. Her cries could only be heard by a true mother, which Pearl immediately became. Bundled up with their new child, they discovered a parcel of artifacts and a scribbled note that read: Sakkara. Pregnant seamstress, Petrina Dugal, became a runaway at the age of twenty-six. She ran away from a brutish husband, Roger, and a well-loved South American home in Georgetown, Guyana; at the heart of her rebellion – an enigmatic lover named Michael Chen. Pet and Mikey, as they became affectionately known, allowed love to blossom in front of her police officer husband and an intrusive community. Were they not aware of the dangers? Or did the pursuit of love trump obligations?

Sakkara Riley grew up with two loving parents – adoptive parents to be exact. She never knew the circumstances surrounding her discovery, until the age of sixteen. She embarks on a journey.

Jumping Ship is an introductory novella to the Island Hopping Series. There are 7 planned books - representing each of the islands that Sakkara will visit along the way.

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Stephanie Jane recenzis Jumping Ship de Janice Ross

Didn't need to be a separate book

2 steloj

Described as an introductory novella, this book is actually three scenes in interconnected lives. We meet an American couple in 1970s New York, a Guyanese couple eloping some months previously and finally, some twenty-fours years later, the grown-up daughter who links them all. Jumping Ship has very little storyline and I presume this will follow in the planned resultant series. However this device was not revealed until the end which made me feel cheated. The text is mostly dry description which would be fine in the context of a full novel, but dull without that support. I think one complete novel would be more rewarding to the reader than marketing what is effectively a prologue. Also, I don't understand why the Guyanese speech is 'translated' when it is already perfectly clear what the characters are saying.