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Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son by Gary Scharnhorst (review)

to dealing with an event like this is for the person that experiences it to realize that he is part of a natural chain, an archipelago, of people that can help him deal with the aftermath of the traumatic event. The archipelago becomes the dominant metaphor for this novel because it represents a collection of islands – land masses that at first appear to be independent, cut off from a main continent of land – which derive their identity from the recognition that they are not as isolated from other land masses as it would first appear. Thus, Gavin and Océan are able to help each other heal through their voyage, which is clarified through Gavin’s admission that “I thought I was separate. Me against the world. I wanted to escape...everything. But really, I’m a part of it all, the earth, the sea. I can’t get away” (356). With her mastery of such a complex metaphor for dealing with trauma, Roffey demonstrates why she has earned a well-deserved reputation as a powerful emerging force in Caribbean fiction.