Dérivé: A Trini Expat Comes Home

by Jennylynd James

Dérivé (pronounced Dreevay) is French for drift, go off course, or gallivant. At nineteen, Jennylynd James drifted for the first time from her home in Trinidad and Tobago to attend university abroad. It was the start of a lifelong passion for travel and adventure. This expatriate’s quest to find balance between the need for adventure and the desire to return home is described in a witty collection of stories of nostalgia and mad risk-taking. With a mix of humour and colloquial sayings of Trinidad and Tobago, the reader is drawn into the lifestyle and culture of this Caribbean melting pot.

312 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2015

About the author

Jennylynd James is a Renaissance woman: an artist, writer, and musician with a long work history as a food scientist. She gained a Ph.D. in Food Science at McGill University, Canada and worked in this field for over 20 years for large multinational companies. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Jennylynd has also lived in the United States, Canada, and Ireland. She has written a series of travel memoirs to chronicle her many adventures in relocation. Jennylynd hopes to touch the reader by evoking an understanding of all the emotions involved in moving to a foreign country. She wants her stories of resilience and thriving to empower and motivate readers.
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Reviews

[SALLY WHITE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you Goodreads for sending me this book. I have really enjoyed this book and have dipped in and out of it in the last few weeks. If you are interested in travel and different counties and cultures, then this is definitely worth a read. With this book I got a real sense of the country Jennylynd was talking about.