WATT TOWN ROAD: In Retrospect is a warm and moving journey through the youthful lenses of a young girl growing up in a small, loving, close-knit, and vibrant spiritual community. The matriarch in the book, Aunty Bea, is a commanding presence as she, in an unassuming way, connects and binds the community using her quiet voice and physical space, the kitchen, a place for neighborhood gathering and social reconnecting. The revivalist church, a metaphorical and material presence that is persistent throughout the work, is an overarching glue that shapes and informs the relationships within and across community members. Through worship, neighbors, families, and friends, celebrate victories and find respite in the face of intense personal challenges. WATT TOWN ROAD: In Retrospect offers the reader a unique insight of a time when the love and connectedness of a community yielded stability and security, and, created calm and peace in the soul of a young child.
SS Laing, Ph.D. Psychology