Margaret Cezair-thompson

The Pirate's Daughter: a Novel Margaret Cezair-thompson Reprint edition

WINNER OF THE ESSENCE LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION


In 1946, Hollywood?s most famous swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, arrived in Jamaica in a storm-ravaged boat. After a long and celebrated career on the silver screen, Flynn spent the last years of his life on a small island off the Jamaican coast, where he fell in love with the people, the paradisiacal setting, and the privacy, and brought a touch of Tinseltown glamour to the West Indian community.

Based on those years, The Pirate?s Daughter imagines an affair between the aging matinee star and Ida, a beautiful local girl. Flynn?s affections are unpredictable but that doesn?t stop Ida from dreaming of a life with him, especially after the birth of their daughter, May.

Margaret Cezair-Thompson weaves stories of mothers and daughters, fathers and lovers, country and kin, into this compelling, dual-generational coming-of-age tale of two women struggling to find their way in a nation wrestling with its own independence.