Olympic Gardens: A Novel by Andrene Bonner, set in Jamaca, is a riveting novel about the life of an unwanted child named Roderick Brissett. He was abandoned by his father, banished to Kingston by his mother, relegated to a life of servitude, and denied an education. It is within the abyss of such harsh realities that he must find some semblance of joy and hope to grown and find his place in the world.