Windward Family

Country of Authorship: St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Author: Alexis Keir
Genre: Non-fiction

Synopsis

Windward Family (Thread/Kindle Scribe), subtitled “An atlas of love, loss, and belonging,” is a memoir by Vincentian-descended, UK-based Alexis Keir, in which he explores his profound attachments to St. Vincent across the decades. Choosing to return some twenty years after his childhood there, Keir unwinds a tangled skein of family secrets, betrayals, and grim realities. Melding fictional accounts with autobiographical details, Windward Family explores the complexities of what constitutes a Black British Caribbean existence.