SURVIVING IN AMERICA By Curtis Webley

This is an extremely realistic tale of two young Jamaican boys who grew up poor and fatherless in Jamaica. Ragweed, illiterate, turned to drugs and crime at an early age in order to survive while his friend Amin strived to be the best he could be by making the most of his educational opportunities. Both make their way to the United States and meet again as young men in Chicago where Ragweed is a big time ‘druggist’ and Amin struggles to be respected in a country of people that ignore his brilliance and see him as a third class citizen from a foreign country.

The novel is hilarious in parts as each page tells of cultural differences that these two young men have to overcome. Anyone who has traveled to the US from another country will most definitely relate to this story and find it most enjoyable. -

Review By: Lady Cham

About the Author
Curtis Webley emigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 1975. He received a B.S. in Accounting from Roosevelt University (1981), his C.P.A. in Illinois (1992) and his M.S. in Taxation from the Washington School of Law (1995). He is married and has five children.
 

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