BIO
DANIEL ARCHER
MELVILLE
Born in Kingston, Jamaica on September 29, 1947, Danny grew up in the rural parish of St Ann. He attended Munro College and Jamaica College, and Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton OK. When his parents and siblings immigrated to Canada in the 1970s he remained in Jamaica and took over the family business. Now retired, Danny spends his time between his homes in Toronto, Jamaica and Barbados.
RACHEL MANLEY
is a Canadian Governor General’s Award winner of the Caribbean trilogy, Drumblair, Slipstream and Horses in her Hair, memoirs on growing up with two generations of her political family in Jamaica. She wrote three collections of poetry, Prisms, Poems 2 and A Light Left On and was awarded the Jamaica Centennial Medal for Poetry. More recent works are in fiction, The Black Peacock and The Fellowship. Her latest work is Lost stitches, co-authored with Danny Melville Rachel teaches creative writing at Lesley University in their graduate school.
Praise for Lost Stitches
“Melville creates a compelling story which explores that sense of belonging we all strive for in life. He confronts colour and privilege in a story with deep-rooted themes of family, love, entrepreneurship and identity. The mark of a good memoir is that it creates a place for readers to see themselves and question their own personal history. The Bostitch story certainly delivers that experience.”
“….its not often you get the inside story of how the rich white elite of Jamaica lives. Just reading about what it was like to grow up never having to work because you have a trust fund to support you was, for me, fascinating.”
“What sets this book apart is the candour and honesty with which the author…..recounts the history of his family over five generations , their way of life and the role they played in Jamaica’s development.”
“Lost Stitches is a tale of discovery and loss, confession and redemption, anger and forgiveness, and Love. Above all, its about life’s inescapable requirement to accept what cannot be changed and a never ending search for meaning.”
