Me: A Book of Remembrance

"Me: A Book of Remembrance" by Onoto Watanna is the real-life story of a seventeen-year-old girl from Quebec who chases her dream of becoming a writer by traveling to the West Indies. Leaving behind a struggling family supported by her artist father and former tightrope walker mother, she embarks on a life-changing journey with only ten dollars, securing a job at "The Lantern," a local newspaper in Jamaica. Her initial departure takes place during a gloomy winter, the young protagonist recounts her first experiences of a city, interactions with shipmates, and the diverse cultural setting she is about to join, laying the groundwork for both exciting adventures and challenging experiences in an unfamiliar land.

Winnifred Eaton was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. Publishing prolifically under a number of names, most predominantly, the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, she was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English.