10K views · 114 reactions | Beka Lamb Re-released Currently in Belize is Holly Edgell, the daughter of the late Zee Edgell, renown for her literary works such as Beka Lamb and Time and the River among others. Holly Edgell stopped in at News Five today to talk about the re-issuing of Beka Lamb as part of a Caribbean Classics series by Hodder and a contest that Belizean writers can enter. | News 5 Live | Facebook

Last night we brought you the first part of our story on Belizean author Zee Edgell - who passed away on Sunday at home in Saint Louis Missouri at the age of 80. She was the author of 5 novels including Time and the River, The Festival of San Joaquin, In Times like these, and Beka Lamb. And she spent her life not just writing but extolling the virtues of reading. Tonight we take a look at how Edgell imbued her most famous work with elements of the past using it to teach history while also entert