How to Love a Jamaican

I received the ARC from Ballantine Books and I'm glad I did. There is beauty and sadness in Arthurs' stories. For me, her stories are eye opening for anyone who isn't a foreigner in America (perhaps some who are). The struggles here, the decision to come and/or stay, the life one leaves for a better one here only to discover what they must give up in order to stay – sometimes their children so they may work, sometimes their soul – marrying to stay here and not for love, are woven beautifully through this collection. I found the irony of leaving Jamaica for a better life, but sending a child back home to rid them of their Americanize self heartbreaking, but admirable. Many of her stories are stuck in my mind. Like many, I look forward to her next body of work, be it another collection or a novel.