Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood

If you want to learn more about Jamaica this book gives you an insight into the complexity of that island's culture and history. Ms Manley is an amazing writer.

An insider's view of the evolution of Jamaican democracy, from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in the household of the most important family. Great writing, wonderful insights.

Drumblair is a warm, moving and almost impossibly well-written account of Norman and Edna Manley written from the point of view of their granddaughter. I got the book because I was interested in the subject, but read it twice because Rachel Manley writes with such a pure, clean prose, with emotion but not sentimentality, that you can't help but love this memoir. It may be the best book by a Jamaican author I've ever read, and it's certainly one of the best memoirs.