"Yes, the morning breeze was a false friend. For one little girl named Goddie, the August breeze of 1945 would never feel the same again."

In Robert Picart's debut novel Goddie, we read the story of a young girl born in the mid-1900s in the picturesque Blue Mountains of Jamaica. To tourists, it's a paradise of crystal blue waters, coffee, and rum. For residents, poverty, second-class citizenship, and violence are reminders of daily hardship.

It's here that we meet sixteen-year-old Goddie. With the sudden loss of both parents, Goddie finds herself indentured to strangers in order to pay for school. Heartbroken, weary, and alone, our heroine forms a plan to escape to Great Britain as the Windrush movement escalates.

Once in the U.K., will Goddie be able to escape the depths of betrayal for good and start over again? Will Goddie succumb to despair? Or will she find the strength to find her place in a new and turbulent world? Author Robert Picart's Goddie tells a gripping story of betrayal, the strength to overcome, and the glory of starting life over from the middle.