July 2010 Book of the Month.
We follow Adamine as she grows up in Jamaica, discovering through her church that she has a gift of ‘warning’. This gift is respected in her homeland but when she moves to England she discovers her prophecies are seem more as a sign of madness and she is institutionalised. Now as an old woman she wants to tell her story. A moving and bittersweet tale.
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Adamine Bustamante is born in Jamaica, inside one of the islands last leper colonies. When she goes to a Revivalist Church, she discovers her gift of warning. But no one has bothered to warn Adamine that when she migrates to England her prophecies of hurricanes and earthquakes will no longer be respected.
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Adamine Bustamante is born in Jamaica, inside one of the islands last leper colonies. When she goes to a Revivalist Church, she discovers her gift of warning.
The Last Warner Woman features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Sharing Diverse Voices, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Last Warner Woman was written by Kei Miller and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
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