Drowned Forest - Angela Barry

In The Discovery Of A Fossilized Tree Stump Deep Off The Coast Of Bermuda, Angela Barry Finds A Potent Metaphor Of Long-term Climate Change Against Which To Measure The Alarms, Resentments And Hopes Of Future Possibilities Expressed By Her Characters As They Respond To Bermudas Emergence From Colonial Status. Modernity Brings Challenges To The Old Racial, Cultural And Religious Hierarchies That Have Dominated The Island. Told Through A Group Of Characters Brought Together In Shared Responsibility For Genesis, A Young Black Adolescent On The Verge Of Incarceration As A Juvenile Offender, And By Genesis Herself, Barry Explores A Clashing Of Subcultures, Each With The Sense That Their Bermuda Is The One That Possesses The Islands Virtues.