A review by paul_cornelius
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

3.0

Shocking material, if you were a reader coming out of the post World War I era, when the innocence of children was still an assumption left over from Victorian literature. Today, of course, the shocking aspect of it all is that it was so shocking. The world of Emily, her brothers and sisters, and their two friends is one that focuses on the present and the stimulus of the present. Psychological harm and willful wickedness becomes displaced and hidden in the folds of the mind. Earthquakes, hurricanes, murders, abductions, bodily mutilations, and horrific accidents occur on the outside, but appear to reflect the inner turmoil of the children. Bottom line: the feral child is not far from the bonds of family. That is what Tabby the cat found out. And it is what Emily confirmed.