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From Rum to Roots by Lloyd G. Francis6/11/2023 Everyone knows Steve Madden’s name and his shoes, but few are familiar with his story.Award-Winning Poet and Song Writer + New Novels.Success in Sanity with Jessica Johnson Glover.Continue reading →Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Wrestling with their past while living in a land of plenty, Linton and Daisy discover that truth is the only avenue to happiness. Happiness is as scarce as freshwater in the middle of the sea. Money flows in, but something is missing. Ambition drives them to start a business and Linton capitalizes on a skill he learned as a young man in Jamaica, making a drink known in Jamaica as “Roots.” It proves wildly popular and the company, Family Roots, prospers beyond Linton’s and Daisy’s wildest dreams.īy 1986, the drink is a sensation. They become American citizens, marry, and start a family. They encounter a vibrant Jamaican-American community in New York, where they meet at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. Seeking opportunity, Linton leaves the deep Jamaican countryside for New York and the collapse of the ice business and family crises force Daisy to leave Kingston, seeking a new start in the United States. Meanwhile in Kingston, Daisy helps her mother manage an ice business and dreams of joining her elder sister in New York. In 1937 near Portland Cottage in southern Jamaica, on a huge sugar estate, Linton McMann, the illegitimate son of the owner of the plantation, works making rum. Cover courtesy CTC Virtual Tours Synopsis
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