Scarlet Birthright: What They Left Behind

Written by Scarlet Ibis James | Narrated by Le-Georgia Chambers & Richard Ragoobarsingh

Winner of multiple international awards—including the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal and the Literary Titan Gold Book Award—this acclaimed novella delivers a searing portrait of love, loss, and legacy.

On the vibrant shores of Trinidad, a young man’s forbidden romance sparks with intoxicating intensity. But when faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Joromi Enoch makes a devastating choice: he leaves his daughter behind to chase stability in America.

That daughter, Trisha, grows up haunted by his absence, sustained only by the steadfast love of her grandparents. Across oceans and generations, the Enoch family is bound by silence, sacrifice, and the enduring question: can wounds this deep ever be healed?

Narrated with warmth and authenticity by Le-Georgia Chambers and Richard Ragoobarsingh, Scarlet Birthright transports listeners into a world alive with Caribbean rhythms and the bittersweet ache of family ties.

If you love sweeping, multigenerational dramas like Edwidge Danticat’s Claire of the Sea Light or Charmaine Wilkerson’s Black Cake, this audiobook is for you. A story whose rhythms will keep pulsing in your memory.