- Meet Ms. Anne Lyken-Garner ** a Guyanese writer and member of Guyana Gallery
Ms. Anne Lyken-Garner was born in New Amsterdam, and attended Berbice High School. She now lives in the South West of England.
Anne has written 5 books. Her newest book, to be released shortly, is called “Sunday’s Child” which is a book about growing up in Guyana - set against the backdrop of the economic and political situation during the 70s and 80s.
SYNOPSIS OF “SUNDAY’S CHILD"
In a crisis torn, South American country, only little Ann's faith, her determination, and one young woman could help keep her dreams of escape alive. Set in Guyana, a former British Colony, told through the eyes of a child sometimes called, Ann. She tells of the harrowing life she’s forced to live with her abusive grandmother, while giving a glimpse into the political and cultural climate of the economically stricken country at the time.
Ann didn’t care that she lived in poverty - after all, the best hours of her young life were those spent in the food lines - because anything, anything was better than the horrendous abuse she suffered at home.
Daily blackouts, political brainwash, murders raging through her unstable country, and her hunger pains were no match for the darkness that lived within her soul - a soul sketched as a dot-to-dot picture of constant fear. Each day, each dot got her closer to the completion of an existence steadily spiralling downward to certain annihilation of everything she hoped her life could be.
Sunday’s Child is not only about pain, but about laughter, mental breakdowns, evictions, loyalty, and above all, love; for it is love that ultimately triumphs in the wretched arena of torture, corruption and abandonment.
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Anne also works in TV, part-time. In the past, she worked as a Stage Actress for more than 11 years and played at the National Cultural Centre - the national playhouse in the capital city of Guyana. She's also been a model - and even a missionary in her home country - and has had her own call-in radio show too.Anne lives with her husband, a Sociologist and academic writer, and their 3 children, but she's lived in Georgetown, Paris, London and Cork City, Ireland.
