How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Shortlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction

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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (2021, Headline Publishing Group)

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Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 25-a de marto 2021 de Headline Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-4722-6879-2
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Simply brilliant!

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I already had two strong contenders for my January Book of the Month (in 2021), but then I read How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House and was absolutely blown away. This Barbados-set novel is unflinching in its grim portrayal of intersecting lives in a Paradise that is beset more by horror than bliss. The story begins with the recounting of a folktale of two sisters - one good and obedient, the other determined to go her own way. Of course, the own-way sister is the one who must be maimed as her punishment for being so bold, but, as Cherie Jones magnificently then shows us, her Barbados women really had no chance, regardless of which path they chose.

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is a hard-hitting, shocking read. I was gripped from start to finish, but did occasionally find myself recoiling from violence on the page - …

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  • English literature