The Coconut Latitudes
eBook - ePub

The Coconut Latitudes

Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean

  1. 220 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Coconut Latitudes

Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean

About this book

Gold Medal Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. A father makes the fateful decision to leave a successful career in the US behind and move to an isolated beach in the Dominican Republic. He plants ten thousand coconut seedlings, transplants his wife and two young daughters to a small village, and declares they are the luckiest people alive. In reality, the family is in the path of hurricanes and in the grip of a brutal dictator, Rafael Trujillo—and the children are additionally under the thumb of an increasingly volatile and alcoholic father. Set against a backdrop of shimmering palms and kaleidoscope sunsets, The Coconut Latitudes is Rita Gardner’s compelling memoir of a childhood in paradise, a journey into unexpected misery, and a twisted path to redemption and truth.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2014
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781631529023
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter One Miches
  7. Chapter Two Tropical Storms
  8. Chapter Three Friends and Enemy
  9. Chapter Four Rum
  10. Chapter Five Cocoloco
  11. Chapter Six Accidents and Mysteries
  12. Chapter Seven Church Bells and Cock Fights
  13. Chapter Eight Light and Noise
  14. Chapter Nine Portrait of a Birthday
  15. Chapter Ten Nightmare
  16. Chapter Eleven First Sight
  17. Chapter Twelve Flying High
  18. Chapter Thirteen Shipwreck
  19. Chapter Fourteen The Time of Secrets
  20. Chapter Fifteen The Disappearance
  21. Chapter Sixteen Just a Case of Nerves
  22. Chapter Seventeen Bobby
  23. Chapter Eighteen Butterflies and Ambushes
  24. Chapter Nineteen American Dream
  25. Chapter Twenty Cold War and Warm Holidays
  26. Chapter Twenty-One Miches Summer
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two Bombshells
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three Graduation
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four Nightmare on King Street
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five Resurrection
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six Changes
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven Homecoming
  33. Epilogue
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight Suitcase, California
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine Palm Song
  36. Author’s Note
  37. Captions
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. Reader’s Guide
  40. About the Author

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