How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

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.

Please note this copy is in near new condition.

ISBN: 9781472268785

Size: Trade Paperback, 320 pages

Publisher: Tinder Press

Year: 2021