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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: Shortlisted for the 2021 Women´s Prize for Fiction
Cherie Jones
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'Jones's atmospheric debut has a multiracial, multigenerational cast who are brilliantly and even-handedly portrayed' Sunday Times'A hard-hitting and unflinching novel from a bold new writer' Bernardine Evaristo'A bright new star. Cherie Jones draws us with skill, delicacy and glorious style into a vortex of Bajan lives on the edge' Diana EvansIn Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, it's the story of a wilful adventurer, who ignores the warnings of those around her, ... Read more
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'Jones's atmospheric debut has a multiracial, multigenerational cast who are brilliantly and even-handedly portrayed' Sunday Times'A hard-hitting and unflinching novel from a bold new writer' Bernardine Evaristo'A bright new star. Cherie Jones draws us with skill, delicacy and glorious style into a vortex of Bajan lives on the edge' Diana EvansIn Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, it's the story of a wilful adventurer, who ignores the warnings of those around her, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472268785
SKU
9781472268785
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About Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones is a lawyer based in Barbados. She won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 1999. She then studied Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam in 2015, where she won both the Archie Markham Award and the A.M. Heath Prize. In 2015 she was also awarded a full fellowship from the Vermont Studio Centre. A collection of ... Read more
Reviews for How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: Shortlisted for the 2021 Women´s Prize for Fiction
A crime-riddled literary novel, Jones's atmospheric debut has a multiracial, multigenerational cast who are brilliantly and even-handedly portrayed
Sunday Times
Jones's forensic prose reveals a society riven by hardship, betrayal and inequality... A novel of great elegance and verve - hard to believe it's a debut
Maggie O'Farrell
Daily Mail
Intensely compelling...You are ensnared in ... Read more
Sunday Times
Jones's forensic prose reveals a society riven by hardship, betrayal and inequality... A novel of great elegance and verve - hard to believe it's a debut
Maggie O'Farrell
Daily Mail
Intensely compelling...You are ensnared in ... Read more