OKRA'S CHILD

About the Book

Suffering a fall on the Island of Long Island Bahamas, the heroine forces herself to answer the question, “What is my purpose in life?” Fearing death, she questions wheatear God wants her or not. Guiding her on this journey are the likes of “Alice in Wonderland”, movie stars, and dead relatives. They force her into accepting her own mortality, even as she attends her own funeral. The story is told from her hospital bed by way of flashbacks. Among her flashbacks are visits to the Joe McCarthy and Apartheid era of the 1940-50’s. There is humor, beginning with Bobby Darin’s “Splish-Splash” recording, to assisting the airline pilot in landing the plane, and tears as she relives her kidnapping and other childhood molestations. She discovers her own mechanisms of surviving.

About the Author

Nadyne Flack Knowles is a retired, US citizen who currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas. After being a homemaker for twenty years, she went back to College, obtained a BS. Degree in public Administration, opened two different businesses, and began to travel. She loves writing, talking politics, and reading, especially historical dramas, and cook books. Nadyne who hates cooking, and exercising, is married, has two children, two grand-children, and her constant companion, JD (Just Dog).