Thomas Armstrong visited Barbados for the first time in 1979 and
fell in love with more than the island. He married a Barbadian.
From the very first the island and its people impressed upon him a
sense of time and place that was both wondrous and sad. A short
story, Flying in God''s Face, since published in POUI, the literary
journal of Cave Hill, University of the West Indies, was originally
written for a reunion of his wife''s family in 2005. Dedicated to
his mother-in-law, the matriarchical head of his Barbadian family,
this story was the seed from which this novel grew. In 2009, the
novel was entered in the Frank Collymore Literary Awards, where it
won second prize. Thomas Armstrong is educated in Mathematics and
Science, currently makes a living as a software developer, and
divides his time between Canada and Barbados. He is married and has
two children.
Thomas Armstrong visited Barbados for the first time in 1979 and
fell in love with more than the island. He married a Barbadian.
From the very first the island and its people impressed upon him a
sense of time and place that was both wondrous and sad. A short
story, Flying in God''s Face, since published in POUI, the literary
journal of Cave Hill, University of the West Indies, was originally
written for a reunion of his wife''s family in 2005. Dedicated to
his mother-in-law, the matriarchical head of his Barbadian family,
this story was the seed from which this novel grew. In 2009, the
novel was entered in the Frank Collymore Literary Awards, where it
won second prize. Thomas Armstrong is educated in Mathematics and
Science, currently makes a living as a software developer, and
divides his time between Canada and Barbados. He is married and has
two children.
Thomas Armstrong visited Barbados for the first time in 1979 and
fell in love with more than the island. He married a Barbadian.
From the very first the island and its people impressed upon him a
sense of time and place that was both wondrous and sad. A short
story, Flying in God''s Face, since published in POUI, the literary
journal of Cave Hill, University of the West Indies, was originally
written for a reunion of his wife''s family in 2005. Dedicated to
his mother-in-law, the matriarchical head of his Barbadian family,
this story was the seed from which this novel grew. In 2009, the
novel was entered in the Frank Collymore Literary Awards, where it
won second prize. Thomas Armstrong is educated in Mathematics and
Science, currently makes a living as a software developer, and
divides his time between Canada and Barbados. He is married and has
two children.