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1990s: Cousins Cove – where poverty is a way of life and dreams of escape trickle through fingers
One People
What you need to know before your trail
Set in the village of Cousins Cove, Jamaica, One People plunges us into a small community where everyone knows everyone’s business, poverty is a way of life and dreams of escape trickle through fingers.
Locations
Reset- Caribbean - Jamaica - Cousins Cove
- A: Cousins Cove south
- B: Industry Cove
- C: Cousins Cove - water
Travel Guide
Cousins Cove
Cousins Cove is one of villages in Jamaica situated about 50 km west of Montego Bay and 17,240 km from Kingston. There are about 140 people living here.
Guy Kennaway’s comic novel – sparkling with irreverent wit and written partly in Patwa – is cherished in Jamaica for its humour and humanity. It celebrates the essence of the island, where ‘culture is something that comes from the ground up and good times do not require a whole heap o’ money’. First published in 1997, the book grew out of the tales that Kennaway listened to on the island during his first ten years as an idle expatriate.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: One People
Destination/Location: Cousins Cove Author: Guy Kennaway Departure: 1990s
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