Title: The ghost of Bridgetown
First published: 2001
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.
Subjects: Race relations, Jews, Fiction, Fiction, general, Caribbean area, fiction
Places: Bridgetown (Barbados), Bridgetown, Barbados
LC classification: PS3569.P358 G48 2001