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The author is a native Virgin islander who grew up on the cusp of change between the traditional way of life and the social change to a prosperous economy. She has always held a fascination with the old way of life and all the things she was told that she was too small to do as a child - go to the ghut to wash clothes, go to the well for water, go on the bar fishing. She longed for those experiences not seeing them as drudgery, but as something exciting. Today Janice is a retired librarian who realized that not much was recorded about life in the Virgin Islands. She decided that before the information completely disappeared, she would record some of it for future generations of Virgin Islanders. Janice is a widow having lost her husband in January 2017 and her home in Hurricane Irma in September of the same year. She resides in her ancestral family home with her sister.
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Life after slavery was abolished in the Virgin Islands meant that young persons had to mature early. Finding a career was of utmost importance. This is the first book in a series that follows the lives of young Virgin Islanders as they become qualified in a chosen profession.nBen, a young boy of ten years has always enjoyed thatching day at his family home. This year he is finally able to take an active part in the activities as he learns how to become a Thatcher man. Follow the story of Ben as he begins his chosen career by learning all he needs to know about thatching a house including the secret language of the thatcher's.
