A big thanks to Random House for stepping up to support the Manic Mommies Escape 08!

Random House will be giving each escapee a free copy of “The Pirate’s Daughter” by Margaret Cezair-Thompson. For those interested, we will be holding a special book club discussion during the cruise (time and location to be determined).

Thanks to Kim Erskine and the rest of the Book Club committee (Carrie, Megan and Kim) for organizing everything! You gals ROCK!

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About the book:
In 1946, Hollywood’s most famous swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, arrived in Jamaica in a storm-ravaged boat. After a long and celebrated career on the silver screen, Flynn spent the last years of his life on a small island off the Jamaican coast, where he fell in love with the people, the paradisiacal setting, and the privacy, and brought a touch of Tinseltown glamour to the West Indian community.

Based on those years, The Pirate’s Daughter imagines an affair between the aging matinee star and Ida, a beautiful local girl. Flynn’s affections are unpredictable but that doesn’t stop Ida from dreaming of a life with him, especially after the birth of their daughter, May.

Margaret Cezair-Thompson weaves stories of mothers and daughters, fathers and lovers, country and kin, into this compelling, dual-generational coming-of-age tale of two women struggling to find their way in a nation wrestling with its own independence.

Click here to find out more about the book.