The problem abour re-inventing oneself is this:- the past always catches up with one, no matter what types of tangled webs we have weaved for ourselves.

Slavish and misguided loyalties hinder the path to clarity and mental health.

Being the eldest of the children of Vera Sookram and David Sookram, I know well that the dysfunctionalities caused by divorce and misguided loyalties and denial, stay with offspring forever.
As David Dabydeen's eldest and one of only two remaining sisters,I would beseech this academic to acknowledge his real family, warts and all.