artificial plants & flowers
the same earth
when imelda richardson leaves the small village of watersgate jamaica armed only with one small suitcase she is doing so for the second time . one of the throng of young jamaicans who left the island after the devastating hurricane of 1974 imeldas journey has taken her to england to the home of ganja growing rebel purletta johnson the arms of fake northerner ozzie and a law degree . but when her mother dies imelda returns to watersgate choosing jamaica over england . 1983 is still a couple of years shy of the great dancehall explosion in which artists like shabba ranks would sing how he loved punany bad and the village is still dominated by the evangelical church and the thundering voice of pastor braithwaite . when tessa walcotts panties are stolen and in the absence of perry mason she and imelda decide to set up a neighborhood watch . but they havent counted on pastor braithwaite and the crusading zeal of evangelist millie . as a pentecostal fervor sweeps through the village the tensions between old and new come to a head .