This compilation of six stories, purportedly to be the work of fiction reflects everyday life in Dominica under varied conditions and circumstances. It vividly relates the contradictions of the somewhat unfair dimensions that contribute to the imbalances of life, and tells of the unscrupulous machinations of the successful and unscrupulous and the contradictory experiences of those who have, probably through fate, are made to face the tribulations writhed by the hardships of the lesser fortunate.
The stories are quite varied. There’s jubilation and excitement from the gaiety and frolic of the now world renowned annual Creole Music Festival to the sad, desolate portrayal of life witnessed when ever retribution strikes
There’s, as well, moments for rejoicing after one’s landmark rewarding achievement.
The stories in Dorothy Leevy’s Once Upon a Dominica Time are meant to entertain and instruct. The style and language are very simple and straightforward so that everyone, from friends of Ma’ Ethel and Ma’ Truffie in Campaign Trail, to the Prime Minister of the island nation and his foreign guests in The Disappearance can understand and enjoy them.
A former Head Mistress of the Convent High School, Ms Leevy proves to her readers that she is not just conscious of events on her island, hence indicating a lost of touch with reality, but that she can portray life with such wit and brilliant looseness, that readers will, no doubt, be amazed at her ability to use words to paint pictures that so vividly captivates the mind.
This compilation of six stories, purportedly to be the work of fiction reflects everyday life in Dominica under varied conditions and circumstances. It vividly relates the contradictions of the somewhat unfair dimensions that contribute to the imbalances of life, and tells of the unscrupulous machinations of the successful and unscrupulous and the contradictory experiences of those who have, probably through fate, are made to face the tribulations writhed by the hardships of the lesser fortunate.
The stories in Dorothy Leevy’s Once Upon a Dominica Time are meant to entertain and instruct. The style and language are very simple and straightforward so that everyone, from friends of Ma’ Ethel and Ma’ Truffie in Campaign Trail, to the Prime Minister of the island nation and his foreign guests in The Disappearance can understand and enjoy them.