by Olive Bernard

This story is about a woman who moved to Canada in 1969. She didn't want to move to Canada because all her friends were at home in Jamaica. She moved because her mother persuaded her to come.

In the book she told about all her various jobs. She did housework and worked in factories. It made me feel sad, because if I moved somewhere and got different jobs all the time I wouldn't be happy. The part I liked the best was the end. She went to the Board of Education and started an upgrading course to become a health care aid.

The book is easy to read because the writing is nice and big. The pictures are understandable and well done. I think it would be of interest to many women because this book deals with real life.

A review by Tina McLaren, Duncan, B.C.