Paria Publishing Company Ltd. Grenada in wartime, paperback/beverley a. steele

Have you ever looked up at the sky and seen a huge object coming towards you which you could not identify? Have you ever wondered what would happen if your country could import or export nothing at all? Have you experienced what it is like to have a loved one leave home and never come back? Have you ever waited months on end for a boat arrive that never does? For 60 years to pass and so many questions still left unanswered? Located in the Caribbean, one would think that Grenada was geographically distant from the chaos that was World War II.

But the war not only significantly altered the daily lives of hundreds of Grenadians, but also influenced the culture of the Spice Isle as we know it today.

With Grenada being a British colony at the time, many Grenadians went off to fight in the war, with relatives never knowing if they would ever see them again.

The greatest tragedies during the war, however, happened close to home.

On what turned out to be a baneful day - August 5th, 1944 - two boats left on an excursion from Grenada to St.

Vincent.

Only one, the Providence Mark arrived at its destination.

The Island Queen disappeared with 67 passengers and crew and over 60 years later, there are still no answers to comfort those who lost relatives on that unlucky boat.

The tragedy is still remembered although with the passage of time it is almost a completely new generation who recall this event, and who are morn.

In 'Grenada in Wartime', each page is a learning experience, and as a reader you will get the chance to witness the reality of the island during the war, as well as how its people dealt, and continue to deal, with the ominous disappearance of the Island Queen.

Steele's readers are given the opportunity to take a step through Grenada in the mid-1940s.

Look into the minds of a child terrified by the sounds of war planes overhead, mothers and fathers doing their best to protect their families from the privations and horrors of the war, or the fathers and mothers who l.