The Island of Forgetting traces four generations of one family who run a beachfront hotel in Barbados. Winner of the Amazon First Novel Award and shortlisted for several Caribbean prizes, the novel weaves memory and myth into a portrait of inheritance and secrecy.

Set across decades, the narrative follows Iapetus, his son Atlas, Atlas’s daughter Calypso, and her son Nautilus as each generation grapples with family violence, racial identity, love and the urge to leave. The story folds Greek-myth elements into Caribbean life, reframing familiar archetypes in a modern, island setting.

Readers will find a layered, character-driven saga that examines how stories of the past shape decisions in the present.

Themes

• Memory and myth
• Family legacy and secrets
• Race, identity and exile
• Love and complicated loyalties

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