Book cover for The Possibility of Tenderness by Jason Allen-Paisant, featured in the April 2025 Bocas Book Bulletin, showing a figure on a tree stump surrounded by colourful tropical plants and flowers.

The Possibility of Tenderness

Author: Jason Allen-Paisant
Genre: Non-fiction

Synopsis

The Possibility of Tenderness: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams (Hutchinson Heinemann) by Jason Allen-Paisant narrates the author’s personal history with the green landscapes of his homeland Jamaica, enmeshed in the wisdoms of his family’s maternal line.