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A Season of Disruption: A Memoir

Jacqueline P. Walker

A page-turning story of perseverance, A Season of Disruption, follows a family's journey to overcome a devastating loss.


A twist of fate leaves Murna Moreland, a young Jamaican homemaker widowed with five children. Without the means to provide for her family, she makes a seemingly unimaginable choice. She leaves her children in hopes of finding a better life in the United States.

With no mother or father present, fifteen-year-old Hope must courageously guide her four younger siblings as they care for themselves and each other. Each day, the children strive with one goal in mind - quickly joining their mother.

Time passes, and Murna's dream to reunite her family grows bleaks. Unwilling to give up, she conceives and undertakes an unlikely plan. The stakes were high. If her plan failed, she would remain separated from her family or lose the opportunity to give her children a better life.

Read this heartfelt and captivating story of love and determination paying homage to the immigrant experience of generations of Caribbean women and their perseverance to overcome obstacles that often leave families broken and estranged.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Writings by Jackie
  • Publish Date: Jun 28th, 2021
  • Pages: 146
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.00in - 0.34in - 0.36lb
  • EAN: 9781736950302
  • Categories: African American & BlackMemoirs

Praise for this book

    "As with all memoirs, it takes a sharp mind to bring the narrator's experiences to life in a way that disparate readers can relate to it. And Walker does this through a combination of earnest prose and astute observation that conveys her story from both her own and her mother's unique perspectives. With a laudable and powerful element of self-reflection, the lasting message in Walker's words is that the lingering trauma of tragedy pales in the face of self-determination to succeed. A warm and inspiring read that is sure to strike a note of accord with its readers A Season Of Disruption is certainly recommended." - Book Viral


  • "This beautifully written memoir is heartwarming and inspirational. It's hard to put down this book once you start reading it! " - Reedsy Discovery


  • "A Season of Disruption is a powerful story that will touch the hearts of all who read it." - Readers' Favorite



  • "I finished reading it last night--what a beautiful memoir." - Whitney Johnson