Beautiful Words of Inspiration
By
Michelle Thompson
edify. comfort. inspire.
Beautiful Words of Inspiration
By
Michelle Thompson
edify. comfort. inspire.
Writer/Published Author
She is currently working on her 3rd novel, in the A Way to Escape trilogy, which follows the Tomlinson family’s saga as the children join their mother in Canada. In her spare time, Thompson is an avid walker and photographer.
Michelle Thompson
I write as there is nothing more satisfying I'd rather do.
Michelle Thompson was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada as a teenager. She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto and works primarily with marginalized and underserved populations. While social work is her profession, writing is her passion. During a two-year hiatus from her work, she penned her first novel, A Way to Escape, which chronicles the experiences of three generations of Tomlinson women—Mari, Rose, and Marcy—living in Jamaica. Published in 2016, the book garnered resoundingly positive feedback from readers.
Thompson has also written two short stories, “Honey” and “Two Boys and a Dog.” The latter is available through the Voices Toronto Writer’s Association. The author’s work can also be found in her daily contributions to her website, www.michellefthompson.com.
Writer/Published Author
She is currently working on her 3rd novel, in the A Way to Escape trilogy, which follows the Tomlinson family’s saga as the children join their mother in Canada. In her spare time, Thompson is an avid walker and photographer.
Michelle Thompson
I write as there is nothing more satisfying I'd rather do.
Michelle Thompson was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada as a teenager. She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto and works primarily with marginalized and underserved populations. While social work is her profession, writing is her passion. During a two-year hiatus from her work, she penned her first novel, A Way to Escape, which chronicles the experiences of three generations of Tomlinson women—Mari, Rose, and Marcy—living in Jamaica. Published in 2016, the book garnered resoundingly positive feedback from readers.
Thompson has also written two short stories, “Honey” and “Two Boys and a Dog.” The latter is available through the Voices Toronto Writer’s Association. The author’s work can also be found in her daily contributions to her website, www.michellefthompson.com.
Awte 1
A Powerful Debut Novel from Canada's Next Superstar
A Way to Escape
A Powerful Debut Novel from Canada's Next Superstar
A Way to Escape
This is a story about the Tomlinson family’s journey in Kingston, Jamaica, between the 1950s to ’70s; their struggle to enter middleclass only to lose everything when the patriarch, Arthur, an alcoholic, orders his wife, Rose to “leave me house!” With her four children, Rose flees to her mother, Mari, “Granny,” and the six shares Granny’s one room quarters. While they move from one tenement to the next, her father, succumbs to White rum.
Rose gets a break to visit Canada and leaves the children with Granny. Can Granny restrain teenagers seeking their own paths in life? Will their father recover? And will Rose return before her children go down a life of waywardness? These questions are part of the journey. Come take a ride with A Way to Escape.
A Way To Escape – Debut Novel
Awte 2
Awte 2 is a novel about Rose, when she first migrated to Canada; the highs and lows, but mostly lows, of an undocumented female immigrant, who’s trying to make a life for her four children back home, while her heart and mind are on them, left to partially grow up on their own in Jamaica, their only tangible link to her are the barrels she sends twice a year.
AND also a new manuscript that’s looking for a publisher. The working title is Dinners at Reza’s.
This story is about a young Jamaican woman living in Canada who met a young man from the Middle East; they fell in love, and he wants to take her home to Iran to meet his parents. How does a Jamaican living in Canada adjust to the differences in culture under the pressure of expectations of her Iranian boyfriend’s parents, who are Muslim and don’t even speak her language? Stay tuned.
The Nikki Clarke Show - Michelle Thompson: "A Way to Escape"
The Nikki Clarke Show - Michelle Thompson: "A Way to Escape"
Events
Michelle Thompson
Author Reading:
FRIDAY, SEPT 1, 2017. 4PM - 5:30PM PACIFIC LIBRARY, UPSTAIRS AUDITORIUM Pacific Library 25 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY
A Way to Escape is an epic intergenerational novel that explores the complexities of love, parenthood, abuse and perseverance. Spanning two decades and two countries, it is an uplifting page turner that beautifully captures women’s persistence to survive with a sensitivity that can only be borne of the author’s own experience. This is a love story to women and families.
Although this story is fictional, it is loosely based on Thompson’s family life in Jamaica.
Broward County Library
Kwanzaa December 28, 2017
Author Reading:
FRIDAY, SEPT 1, 2017. 4PM - 5:30PM PACIFIC LIBRARY, UPSTAIRS AUDITORIUM Pacific Library 25 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY
A Way to Escape is an epic intergenerational novel that explores the complexities of love, parenthood, abuse and perseverance. Spanning two decades and two countries, it is an uplifting page turner that beautifully captures women’s persistence to survive with a sensitivity that can only be borne of the author’s own experience. This is a love story to women and families.
Although this story is fictional, it is loosely based on Thompson’s family life in Jamaica.
Broward County Library
Kwanzaa December 28, 2017
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Centrally located in Kingston