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complexhistories for our children?What isour duty to share and what mustwe leave for them to discover?Writing to his daughter,Chariandyasks difficult,unsettling,perhapsimpossible questions-questionsmade all the more poignant by ourcurrent political landscape.  \nWith tender,spare and luminousprose,Chariandy looks both into hisheart and mind and out to the worldand humanity.  \nIn the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coatesand Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiethis is a book about race;this is abook about family.  \nE9.99  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# BY THE SAME AUTHORFICTIONBrotberSoucouyant\n\n# I'VE BEEN\n\nMEANING TOTELL YOU  \nA LETTER TOMYDAUGHTER  \nDAVID CHARIANDY  \nBLOOMSBURY PUBLISHINGBloomsbury Publishing Plc50 Bedford Square,London,WC1B3DP,UK  \nBLOOMSBURY,BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING and the Diana logo are trademarksof Bloomsbury Publishing Plc  \nFirst published in 2018 in Canada by McLelland &StewartFirst published in Great Britain 2019  \nCopyright David Chariandy,2018  \nDavid Chariandy has asserted his right under the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act,1988,to be identified as Author of this work  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or by any means,electronicor mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or any information storage orretrieval system,without prior permission in writing from the publishers  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over,or responsibility for,any third-party websites referred to or in this book.All internet addresses given inthis book were correct at the time of going to press.The author and publisherregret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased toexist,but can accept no responsibility for any such changes  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nISBN:HB:978-1-5266-0287-9;eBook:978-1-5266-0289-3  \n24681097531  \nTypeset by Integra Software Services Pvt.Ltd.Printed and bound in Great Bitain by CPI Group(UK)Ltd,Croydon CRO4YY  \nTo find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.comand sign up for our newsletters  \n# T H E O C C A SI O N\n\nnce,when you were three,we made a trip out forlunch.We bussed west in our city,to one of thosegrocery-store buffets serving the type of food my ownparents would scorn.Those overpriced organics laidout thinly in brushed-steel trays,the glass sneezeguard just high enough for you,dearest daughter,todip your head beneath it in assessing,suspiciously,the\"browned rice\"and \"free-range carrots.\"And in thatmoment,I could imagine myself a father long beyondthe grip of history,and now caring for his loved one  \nthrough kale and quinoa and a soda boasting \"realcane sugar.”  \nBut we're both dessert people,a soda won't cut it,andso we shared a big piece of chocolate cake.\"It's good foryou,\"you giggled.\"Chocolate cake is very,very goodfor you.\"You squirmed away as I tried to wipe yourmouth,laughing at all of my best efforts.It was an ordi-nary moment.And an ordinary thirst was brought on bythe thick sweet of the cake,and so I stood and movedtowards the nearby tap to get us both a glass of water,encountering a woman on her way to do the same thing.She was nicely dressed,a light summer cream suit,littlemakeup,tasteful.We reached the tap at roughly thesame time.I hesitated out of a politeness,and this verygesture seemed only to irritate her.She shouldered her-selfin front of me,and when filling her glass of water,shehalf turned to explain,\"I was born here.I belong here.\"  \nHer voice was loud.She meant to be overheard,toprovoke agreement,maybe,although the people lunchingaround us reacted only by focusing harder upon their ownbowls and plates.And you,my daughter,sitting closest,didn't understand,or else you didn't even hear.You werestill in a moment of joy,your own laughter filling yourears,the dark 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