Smallie by Eden Mckenzie-Goddard — Book Description
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A brief book description for "Smallie" by Eden Mckenzie-Goddard, a novel published by Viking in May 2026. The story follows nineteen-year-old Lucinda Brown who travels from Barbados to England in 1961 to find her son's father, Clarence Braithwaite, who joined the British army. On the ship to Southampton, she meets a man named Raldo who offers her an alternative path, but she chooses Clarence — with tragic consequences.
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· 3 pulledSmallie adj. |smal·lie| Definition: Caribbean (informal). Describing or relating a person from a small island; a small islander.
In 1961, nineteen-year-old Lucinda Brown travels to England in search of her son's father, Clarence Braithwaite, who left Barbados to join the British army.
Bound by the memory of her son waiting at home, she chooses Clarence – realizing too late that war has ma
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