“It’s you who’ll get us outta dis place,” they say to her. “Like the old mattress, Thandi is that source in which they plant their dreams and expectations. Chapter 26: Part III Here Comes The Sun.Chapter 15: Part II Chicken Merry Hawk Deh Near.When plans for a new hotel threaten the destruction of their community, each woman – fighting to balance the burdens she shoulders with the freedom she craves – must confront long-hidden scars. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school.
In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village.Ĭapturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. Named a Best Book of 2016 by: New York Times, NPR, Buzzfeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Root, Book Riot, Kirkus, Amazon, WBUR's 'On Point' and Barnes & Noble A finalist for the New York Public Library Fiction AwardĪ Grand Prix Littéraire of the Association of Caribbean Writers Selection
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