Come Walk With Me
From Guyana to North America A Book of Verses
by Francis Yvonne Jackson
Take a colorful and insightful journey as author Francis Yvonne Jackson opens up in her inspiring memoir. In Come Walk With Me, she invites readers to take a glimpse of her most treasured moments growing up in a tropical hut in Guyana to her exciting adventures as she moves to Chicago.
Through verses richly layered with rhythmic words, Jackson relives her memories of fun childhood, blissful moments with family and friends, and rewarding daily events in her humble hometown. She documents her views, feelings, and recollections of people, places, and things under Guyana’s sun. As the compelling verses progress, readers are taken to her journey as she relocates to the city of Chicago, where she is smitten by its tall buildings and neon lights. In vivid narration, she accounts how she heard one of the earliest news broadcast about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the day she ended up participating in a civil right movement, and how she mourned with the world during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
An inspiring expedition through finding new adventures and paying homage to one’s past, Come Walk With Me is a lavish display of Guyana’s fascinating culture and America’s historical moments. It is one woman’s lovely retelling of life’s deep song of happy and sad moments as she journeys from a small country to a wider, wiser world.