The Pink House at Appleton

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Pink House at Appleton by Jonathan Braham, Troubador Publishing Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jonathan Braham ISBN: 9781784627492
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: Matador Language: English
Author: Jonathan Braham
ISBN: 9781784627492
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: Matador
Language: English

This is the second edition of The Pink House at Appleton, a disturbing novel of adultery and betrayal. about a Jamaican childhood, a domineering father and a submissive mother on a Jamaican sugar estate. Set in 1950s Jamaica during British colonial rule, the novel covers a year in the life of a black middle-class Jamaican family at Appleton Sugar Estate. Against a background of subtle race and class prejudice and adultery, the novel describes the fate of the Brookes family when Harold Brookes, proud and ambitious, determined to establish himself and bring up his family with the right values, is unable to measure up to his own ideals. His clandestine relationship with Ann Mitchison, the white wife of the English assistant general manager of the estate, and the ramifications of a previous, secret liaison with a common woman, bring about the destruction of both families. The story is about the meeting of innocence and experience, seen mainly through the eyes of the sexually aware eight-year-old Boyd Brookes, who is smitten with seven-year-old Susan Mitchison. The two children nurture a secret relationship and see each other as romantic characters in a book. They finally meet after a slow, sensual build-up, but the relationship is cut short as their families disintegrate, and as a playful event brings about sudden tragedy...

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This is the second edition of The Pink House at Appleton, a disturbing novel of adultery and betrayal. about a Jamaican childhood, a domineering father and a submissive mother on a Jamaican sugar estate. Set in 1950s Jamaica during British colonial rule, the novel covers a year in the life of a black middle-class Jamaican family at Appleton Sugar Estate. Against a background of subtle race and class prejudice and adultery, the novel describes the fate of the Brookes family when Harold Brookes, proud and ambitious, determined to establish himself and bring up his family with the right values, is unable to measure up to his own ideals. His clandestine relationship with Ann Mitchison, the white wife of the English assistant general manager of the estate, and the ramifications of a previous, secret liaison with a common woman, bring about the destruction of both families. The story is about the meeting of innocence and experience, seen mainly through the eyes of the sexually aware eight-year-old Boyd Brookes, who is smitten with seven-year-old Susan Mitchison. The two children nurture a secret relationship and see each other as romantic characters in a book. They finally meet after a slow, sensual build-up, but the relationship is cut short as their families disintegrate, and as a playful event brings about sudden tragedy...

More books from Troubador Publishing Ltd

Cover of the book In the Greater Scheme of Things by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Defying Gravity by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Zigzag by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book The Gorags of Sussex by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book The Tall Tale of Maxwell Anderson by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book In Youth, In Fear, In War by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Kill or Cure by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Further Afield by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book History of Poland by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Tales of a Cruise Ship by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Greenglow by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book The Alone Alternative by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book Every Shade of Black by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book The Fire Man by Jonathan Braham
Cover of the book The Gessami Residence by Jonathan Braham
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy