Description of the book 'A Sense of Belonging' /About the Author

A Sense of Belonging is a personal account of a 
British born woman of Jamaican descent who
migrated from England to Jamaica, her parents' 
homeland, and found it to be a place which she 
can truly call home. She tells of her 'Jamaican'
childhood in England, her discontent with the subtle 
forms of racism in the British education system, the 
search for her identity, her wrestles with the decision 
to move from England to Jamaica, and of the challenges 
she faced to begin her new life in Jamaica with its 
traditions and culture that she was raised to 
honour and respect. It gives some insight into why one 
British born Jamaican identifies with the island of Jamaica  
and questions whether the British born person of 
Jamaican or other West Indian descent will ever 
be truly accepted as Black and British in the  UK.


Grace Patricia Pinnock lived the first 32 years of her life in 

Birmingham, England, UK. On leaving school and a Further Education College she was 

employed with the Public Service for 13 years. 
In 1991 she migrated to Jamaica with her parents who are returning residents. Grace is a Jamaican citizen and has lived in Jamaica for over 20 years. She pursued further academic studies in Jamaica and graduated from Shortwood Teachers' College with a Diploma in Teaching in Early Childhood Education. Grace went on to earn Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees in the same specialization at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

During her nine years in the classroom and a short period as a principal, Grace has taught at a public educational early childhood institution, and at preparatory schools in Kingston and St Catherine. 

© Copyright 2012 Grace P. Pinnock. All Rights Reserved.

Publisher: ARAWAK Publications

Kingston, Jamaica