Diana Lowe and Joy Lowe are a mother and daughter from the UK who share a passion for history and their homeland. They write books about Jamaica and Jamaica's colonial past and they promote diversity, Caribbean culture and heritage. In their work, they focus on themes of togetherness and unity, emphasising the strength that comes from diverse communities uniting in the face of adversity and injustice.
🇯🇲 Joy is of Jamaican descent and Diana is of Jamaican and Guyanese descent.
The Lowes have a strong sense of community, which has intensified following the Hurricane Melissa disaster that has impacted the lives of many people in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Their debut fiction novel, Love that Made a Difference, is inspired by a true story. Thomas Pitter and Charlotte Pitter, the two central characters, were real people who lived in the 19th century. They had a liaison on a plantation in Manchester, Jamaica, and it is true that Thomas Pitter was the legal owner of Charlotte Pitter.
Although the novel explores some of the struggles and triumphs that Thomas and Charlotte would have experienced as an interracial couple and as parents, it does not closely follow their original story. There have been several fictional characters incorporated in this work of fiction to support the narrative and the overall plot.
Interesting fact:
Diana Lowe and Joy Lowe are distantly related to the famous author and highly respected medieval scholar M. R. James.
Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who wrote under the pen name M. R. James, served as the provost of King's College, Cambridge, and of Eton, as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
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