Traversing the Caribbean, Europe, America and China, Waltzes I Have Not Forgotten recounts the tale of John Moneague, a man who was born into poverty in the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica. As a result of unforeseen and tragic circumstances, an old Hakka Chinese woman becomes John's guardian and life-long mentor. She brings joy into his life, shutting out the harshness of the rest of the world. Madam Hung Chin owns a small grocery store, and manages to make a living during and following the lean times of World War I. She secures the best education she can for John, sending him to a school intended for Chinese children.The intriguing narrative intensifies when John attracts the attention of a Jewish couple from England who are involved in, and dedicated to, a secret cause. As rumblings of political and domestic unrest spread across the European continent, the couple's political involvement turns out to have a momentous impact on John.

Bernadette Dyer is a Jamaican Canadian who is a poet, playwright, fiction writer, artist, and storyteller. Her work has appeared in the Toronto Review, Diva, Zygote, Wasafiri, Jones Ave., Imelod, paperplates, and Revue Noire. Robert, her monologue for black actors, is included in the Playwrights Union of Canada's Tellin' It Like It Is. Her fiction has been anthologized in Dreams and Visions and Next Teller. She lives and works in Toronto.

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