Review: Trinidad & Tobago: Engaging & Compelling Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
This book, "Trinidad & Tobago (Jumping Ship (Island Hopping Series))" by Janice Ross is the second in the series. It is a tremendous and  tastefully done "lens" into island culture that will involve you emotionally with the  protagonist's personal journey to discover who she is. This is a question that all readers can relate to, namely, the overriding need to know the answer to one's roots. Who am I? Where do I come from? For some of us, these are easy questions to answer. However, for our protagonist, Sakkara Riley, it is quite a complicated matter.She has few clues to help her. Undaunted, she sets about the task of self-discovery. She travels back to a bygone era, the 1930s and 1940s, where she will be confronted with a multi-layered, nuanced story that she will have to disentangle. This is as expected, but Author Janice Ross has provided readers with something special, authenticity. Authentic dialogue and local 'accent' gives this story the credibility and ethos which elevates it to epic proportions, sure to become a classic. It is an engaging, compelling story. Highly recommended.Reviewed by Thomas Jerome BakerAuthor ofI Live In Chile