Leonie forbes autobiography of a flea market

Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer

Professor Mervyn Morris, in his preface to the book Leonie, Her Autobiography: Leonie Forbes as told to Mervyn Morris states, "I was captivated by her story and her way of telling it.

Leonie forbes autobiography of a flea market

What I have done, essentially, is organise and edit her recall."

And so it seemed to have been.

The book reads as if one is in conversation with Leonie. And in that conversation, Leonie speaks candidly in language that is appealing to everyone about her childhood, adulthood, education, love and marriage, theatre involvement, her work at the now-defunct Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, and more.

But to get to the well-presented information, one must first pause and have a look at the attention-grabbing hard-copy-bound cover.

The front of the book jacket boasts a medium-size picture of a smiling Leonie flanked to the left by pocket-size photographs, also of Forbes, in various roles and stages of her life.

The back of the jacket is a colla