HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE By: Cherie Jones
Little, Brown and Company
January 2021
On Sale: January 5, 2021
288 pages ISBN: 0316536989 EAN: 9780316536981 Kindle: B0881XTBGF Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
A debut novel in the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, from a brilliant Caribbean writer, set in Barbados, about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise."
In Baxter Beach, Barbados, moneyed ex-pats clash with the locals who often end up serving them: braiding their hair, minding their children, and selling them drugs. Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the Baxter Beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences. A gunshot no one was meant to witness. A new mother whose baby is found lifeless on the beach. A woman torn between two worlds and incapacitated by grief. And two men driven by desperation and greed who attempt a crime that will risk their freedom -- and their lives.
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