The ghost of Bridgetown
By: Debra Spark.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Saint Paul, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Jews -- Barbados -- Bridgetown -- Fiction.; Race relations -- Fiction.; Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "When Charlotte Lewin's grandfather offers to send her to Barbados on a special mission, he believes he is sending her on a much needed vacation, following the death of Charlotte's sister. The mission seems simple enough: to return a long-forgotten, jewel-encrusted menorah to its rightful owner on the island. However, Charlotte soon finds herself navigating her way through unsettling racial tensions - between white Jews, black Jews, and the native community.

In the oppressive Barbados heat where the body can't hide its own discomfort, Charlotte ends up sitting side-by-side at a bar with the ghost of Bridgetown himself. And when the startling ramifications of a bizarre parachuting accident threaten to unravel the precarious peace, it is Charlotte who struggles to find the answers. Her emotional entanglement with the people of the island leads to a search, not just to find a home for the menorah, but also for her own place in the world."--BOOK JACKET.