G. Lawrence
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I wrote this essay as an assignment during my university days which was in the late 70s. Go Tell It On The Mountain was the first novel I read by James Baldwin and enjoyed it immensely.
Religion was very much part of my life while growing up. My parents were practising Christians, which meant I had to attend church Sunday morning mass, Sunday school at midday, and occasionally participating evening service. In early adolescence, I became a choirboy....
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Betty and the Black Puppy is a story about a couple at the opposite ends of the spectrum after Betty rescues an abandoned puppy in the midst of heavy traffic in London. Binky's Reverie describes a young Guyanese man's unsuccessful pursuit of a romantic relationship with a Swedish woman The Ballad of Calle & Maja offers two different ideas of love. In Two Girls in a Café, there is a toss-up after the girls claim to know a young man. In The Eternal...
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Recently revised, this story is one four stories that comprise my debut book. Strangers in Another Country. Betty and the Black Puppy is a story about a young Scottish woman and her love of animals, which leads to a dispute with her much older Caribbean boyfriend David. The argument arises over an abandoned puppy in need of shelter. But the story also sheds light on Betty and David's personality and love relationship. Betty eventually finds herself...
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TWO GIRLS IN A CAFÉ London, England: The 60s. Two Girls in the Café is about an English and an American who were once close friends, meeting for old-time for a cup of tea, chatting and giggling to the delight of their hearts. By chance, the American sees a young man in the street walking she claims to know. The English girl is surprised since she also claims to know the young man, and the idea amazes the girls that they both know him. But there...
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"Getting It Right, If Ever" is a blend of fantasy and realism. The action takes place in two imaginary countries at the beginning of the seventies.Benji is a forty-year-old light-skinned gardener, handyman, and aspiring poet who hails from TeeGee Island, an imaginary island in the British Caribbean.After Sunday service, Benji meets forty-five-year-old Molly, a visitor to TeeGee Island. They become pen pals, and she invites him to Vikland––an imaginary...