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Dezna The beautifully written memoir details his journey to discover her path from Jamaica to America and the sacrifices she made along the way Ross and Dezna shared a love that transcends bloodlines 9789768286048 wonderful heartwarming memoir 9789768286048 This could have been good an author s tribute to the Jamaican nanny who helped him get through childhood with pretty dysfunctional parents but I found it over written and repetitive I think the author should channel his writing talents into fiction This would have read better for me as an autobiographical novel The untranslated Jamaican patois got especially annoying 9789768286048

Another Mother By Ross Kenneth Urken

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9789768286048

English

206

hardcover

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A rollicking romp across Jamaica that pulls at the heart strings Newsweek E arnest.

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A moving stylishly written memoir exploring the meaning of family and the past Jamaican immigration to the United States and how hard it is to ever know the adults who formed us as children whether they re our biological parents or as in Urken s case his beloved Jamaican nanny Here s an interview I did with Ross about his book 9789768286048 In Another Mother Ross Kenneth Urken sets about to piece together for himself the Jamaican woman who was his Nanny growing up and who he calls his other mother Dezna left Jamaica in the 1980s after a series of failed relationships and attempts to make a better life She started working with the Urken family taking care of their two kids Ross and Nicole Over the years she did this she and Ross became so close he not only looked to her as another mother but saw Jamaica as his second home After the passing of Dezna Ross met some of her family and realized that there was a whole other life Dezna had before coming to the US it is through writing this book he set out to piece together her history When I first started reading this book I instantly prayed the author would not be tone and culture deaf he was not It was Ross paying homage to a woman who raised him and made his childhood bearable I liked getting to know about Dezna and her family A heart felt read THanks Ian Randle Publishers for this book 9789768286048 Another Mother is a poignant look at Ross Urken s treasured relationship with his nanny heartwarming carried along by stylish writing LA Review of Books A memorable hybrid of heartfelt memoir and fond commemoration framed in Caribbean history familial turmoil and unconditional maternal love Kirkus Reviews A relentless search for purposefulness amid the din of daily living Authentic and deftly written Jamaica Gleaner A perfect book has a number of entry pointsUrken s wry sense of humour perfectly timed anecdotes and crisp concise personal history along with snippets of Jamaican history make this a finely nuanced memoir Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Pitch perfect Jamaica Observer Humility and the complicated eagerness of childhood love animate Another Mother an unusual but urgently needed memoir Caribbean Beat Urken is steadfast in his affection for Denza wearing his heart on his sleeve throughout his abiding love for her evident Although he cannot bring her back he has taken great pains to resurrect her story while finding a new kinship with her family In doing so he writes he reaches his spiritual Promised Land a personal Zion The Guardian After his cherished childhood nanny dies a Jewish young man entering adulthood realises there s so much he has yet to learn about the woman who lent him her accent and with whom he shared an unlikely kindred spirit Part memoir part reportage Another Mother is a story about family an unlikely duo and a woman whose strength held it all together From Jamaica to New Jersey Ross Kenneth Urken chronicles the life of Dezna Sanderson the Jamaican nanny who had an outsize positive effect on his dysfunctional Jewish American family and life trajectory An anchor in a volatile home plagued by addiction and mental illness Dezna became Urken s closest confidante and inspired in him a love of words and narrative But she vanished before he could ask all the essential questions he wanted about her life adult to adult There was a tacit privacy agreement she maintained during his childhood a sacrosanct code of silence Her role was to maintain order in this American household while obscuring the chaos of her own past Yet because she transcended the call of duty in her love and maternal care the author finds that gag order null and void As redemption for his missed opportunity he embarks on a journey to find her through an authentic connection to her Jamaican homeland and her relatives He digs deeper into her family life the three loves the eight children and the hardships she faced in her native country the poverty the family pineapple business ravaged economically by a calculated CIA plot After becoming a widow she escaped to the country that undid hers in search of a better future forced with the difficult decision of leaving her own kids behind to provide for them In his quest for the truth of Dezna s past Urken also encounters unexpected secrets and a spiritual Promised Land Another MotherGreat book As a Jamaican that was raised with a nanny lots of memories of home and comfort 9789768286048 .