Near The Hope - Softcover

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jennifer Davis Carey has roots both in the Caribbean and the American South. She has published opinion pieces in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and a short story in the journal Caribbean Writer. She honed the craft of writing at workshops including Algonkian Writers, Sewanee Writer's Workshop, and Hurston-Wright Foundation Writing Workshop. She also participated in a residency with Voices of our Nation (VONA) and completed coursework at Grub Street in Boston. The author holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University. Near the Hope is her first novel.

*An evocative, lyrical debut novel...with a vivid, complex heroine*—*Kirkus Reviews*

*... the evocative story of Dellie, a Caribbean immigrant to New York at the beginning of the last century,...told with great attention to the details of Dellie's time, place, and culture. In describing one woman's journey with such specificity and empathy, Jennifer Carey honors every immigrant and the universal fears, hopes, struggles, and joys of every outsider. A moving exploration of how we navigate our lives, what we leave behind, and what we carry with us. * *Eleni N. Gage*—*Other Waters; North of Ithaka*

*...a rare evocation of the lives of labouring families on a sugar plantation at the turn of the 20th century. The novel also celebrates a marriage of Barbadian and Brooklyn through the wave of migration which links the islands to the American mainland. * *George Lamming—**In the Castle of My Skin*

* ... a story of love, destiny and hope set against a background of immigrant life. The story as told has such a ring of authenticity that one can’t help wondering how much of it is biographical and how much is pure fiction. The book is a valuable addition to the literature on Barbadian and indeed Caribbean immigrant life in the USA. It is a worthy companion to Paule Marshall’s* *Brown Girl, Brown Stones.* *Edison T. Williams* –*Facing North: Tales from Bathsheba*