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The Untold Story of a Mother’s Love and Devotion

This book tells more about the author than ever before while at the same time documenting the life of this amazing matriarch, Sumintra. Her life will live on for generations through this touching story. She has made a difference in the lives of so many others. Every page shines forth with the warmth of unembarrassed love of a son, whose mother’s sacrifice, courage, and wisdom shaped a generation of children. Fr. Guthrie has moved from the head to the heart in this deeply moving biography. It is my privilege and honor to describe this as an eloquent masterpiece, much of which, I am certain, resonates with many of our Caribbean-born peers. —The Rev. Canon Winston Joseph, B.A., L.Th., Dip.Th. Rector, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church West Palm Beach, Florida Colonial Guyana was a time of enormous challenge for women, especially in the way society measured their value. The more vulnerable were the poor, the widowed or divorced, and those with children outside of marriage. Many were forced to labor as maids to those with the means to afford them. Others forced to work in fields or other menial jobs that gave them a way to care for their family. Sumintra defied conventional expectations and pushed against those boundaries that held women hostage to the cultural norms of the time. Her life of devotion, dedication, and determination, to provide her children with the opportunity to a better life came at incredible sacrifice. She exemplified the spirit of Guyanese women of that era. —The Right Reverend Santosh Marray, D.Min., D.D. XI Bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Maryland