Sunlight on Sweet Water Author:Beryl Gilroy Beryl Gilroy transports the reader back to the Guyanese village of her childhood to meet such characters as Mr Dewsbury the Dog Doctor, Mama Darlin' the village midwife and Mr Cumberbatch the Chief Mourner It was a time when 'childhood had not yet disappeared', and perhaps for this reason, the men and women who pass through these stories have... more » a mystery and singularity which are as unforgettable for the reader as they were for the child. Beryl Gilroy brings back to life a whole, rich Afro-Guyanese community.,« less