First Booksellers, Now Reviewers Rave for THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER
“Cezair-Thompson has spun a book-club-ready saga with two gorgeous women at its center—Ida, a light-skinned local girl who has a tryst with Flynn, and May, the daughter of that brief union. Flynn never acknowledges paternity, leaving Ida and May to forge a place for themselves in a land where they belong to neither the wealthy class of expatriates, nor the emerging black majority…[the book has] a knockout ending that reveals treasure buried beneath sand-encrusted secrets.” — People Magazine, Critic’s Choice
“With just enough swagger left in him to set island hearts aflutter, [Flynn] embarks on an affair with a young mixed-race girl coming of age, which, set against Jamaica’s own progression toward self-governance, makes for an unabashedly frangipani-scented—and wholly satisfying—armchair holiday of a read.” — Vogue
“*The novel never stops for breath once*…[it] just buzzes along, with years flying by between chapters, and dozens of characters entering and exiting, saying interesting things and doing outrageous ones. These characters range from aristocratic Europeans to desperately poor Jamaicans, and they are constantly pairing off in the most surprising ways.” — O Magazine
“[Cezair-Thompson] explores questions about identity and racism without being heavy-handed about it. She’s best at juxtaposing Flynn’s imported glamour with the realities of Jamaica and at suggesting there’s more than one kind of buried treasure…_The Pirate’s Daughter_ offers plenty of serious passion and escape.” — USA Today
“Cezair-Thompson…brings a smart, lilting voice and a sharp, quirky perspective to a tried-and-true literary formula, the sweeping historical epic…. *unravels a surprising yarn that is rich, salty and ultimately satisfying*…[It’s her] deft evocation of the beauty and unpredictability of Jamaica, its topography and its people, that raises The Pirate’s Daughter to a level far above the bodice-ripping historic epic.” — The Washington Post
“Cezair-Thompson promises her readers a ‘tropical adventure.’ She evokes spectacular shipwrecks and deserted islands, infamous buccaneers and glamorous celebrities. And the story that follows makes good on these promises. The novel fictionalizes an episode in the life of Errol Flynn, the scandal plagued, womanizing movie star whose sailboat capsized off the coast of Jamaica during a hurricane in 1946. Beginning with this very real drama, Cezair-Thompson tells the tale of two imagined women: a beautiful Jamaican teenager Flynn seduces during his time on the island and the daughter she bears him but whom he never cares to know.” — The New York Times Book Review
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