The Coconut Latitudes: Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean
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Overview
Gold Medal Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. A father makes the fateful decision to leave a successful career in the US behind and move to an isolated beach in the Dominican Republic. He plants ten thousand coconut seedlings, transplants his wife and two young daughters to a small village, and declares they are the luckiest people alive. In reality, the family is in the path of hurricanes and in the grip of a brutal dictator, Rafael Trujillo—and the children are additionally under the thumb of an increasingly volatile and alcoholic father. Set against a backdrop of shimmering palms and kaleidoscope sunsets, The Coconut Latitudes is Rita Gardner’s compelling memoir of a childhood in paradise, a journey into unexpected misery, and a twisted path to redemption and truth.
- Title: The Coconut Latitudes: Secrets, Storms, and Survival in the Caribbean
- Author: Rita M. Gardner
- Publisher: She Writes Press
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 204
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781631529023, 9781631529016, 1631529013, 1631529021
- Resource ID: LLS:9781631529023
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-14T18:37:11Z