
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Danielle Vitalis
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By:
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Cherie Jones
In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a brilliant Caribbean writer delivers a powerful story about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise".
In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister. It’s a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter’s Tunnels. When she’s grown, Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the 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 into the Tunnels by desperation and greed who attempt a crime that will risk their freedom - and their lives.
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is an intimate and visceral portrayal of interconnected lives, across race and class, in a rapidly changing resort town, told by an astonishing new author of literary fiction.
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I was completely gripped/ an outstanding debut
This story reminded me of Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings and Little Bee by Chris Cleave. On the small island of Barbados a cast of locals and island visitors lives collide with a robbery gone wrong and the premature birth of a baby.
There is gun violence, domestic violence and mention of incest/rape but it’s never gratuitous or graphic.
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loved it
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The one Arm Sister
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very easy to lose yourself inside of the rich language and deeply complex layered characters.
so happy to have found it.
Excellent Read. Deeply Layered.
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Very good book.
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Rollercoaster
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Terrific listen!!
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Violent! No redemption for the characters!
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