Dark Hearts: Village by the Ocean

Dark Hearts

By: Shanaga Brown

"Kindness is never a burden, it is a blessing."

In a small fishing village on the west coast of Jamaica, Shanaga Brown shares her experiences as a young girl growing up surrounded by natural beauty and the hard realities of rural Jamaican life. At a young age, Brown becomes closely attached to her autistic sister, June, who, as a result of her differences, was exposed to the harshest treatment Jamaica had to offer. At once raw and unrelenting in its social comment...