We Rip the World Apart
A sweeping story about motherhood, race and secrets
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WINNER OF THE DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD 2025
'A remarkable storyteller' AMANDA PETERS
'Deeply moving, yet hopeful' CHARMAINE WILKERSON
THREE WOMEN. THREE SECRETS. ONE FAMILY TORN APART.
MOTHER
When Evelyn fled to Canada with her young family during the politically charged Jamaican Exodus of the 1980s, she thought they were finally safe. But, years later, her worst fears come true when her son is killed by the police.
GRANDMOTHER
In the wake of her grandson's violent murder, Violet moves in, but despite her efforts to help the family through their grief, a growing web of secrets threatens the relationships they all hold so dear.
DAUGHTER
Kareela has lived with silences surrounding the loss of her brother since she was a child. Now, 24 and pregnant with a baby she isn't sure she wants, she feels the need to understand her place in the world as a woman who is half Black and half white - yet feels neither.
As the traumas the three women carry continue to pull them apart, Kareela must uncover the mysteries of her family's past to make sense of her identity and her future . . .
'A haunting story about racism, identity, and the choice between safety and raising your voice' NIGAR ALAM
'A charged emotional epic!' MARISSA STAPLEY
'Page-turning and propulsive' SHELBY VAN PELT
'A beautifully executed portrait of what it means to be a family' AMITA PARIKH
A sweeping multi-generational story about motherhood, race and secrets, We Rip the World Apart reveals the ways that simple choices, made in the heat of the moment, can have devastating repercussions across the years, especially when people remain silent.
PRAISE FOR HOLD MY GIRL:
'[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal' Daily Mail
'Fans of The Herd will love it!' Grazia
'Compelling and thought-provoking . . . A page-turner' Charmaine Wilkerson
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Carr (Hold My Girl) spotlights a woman torn between activism and self-preservation in this complex family saga. Kareela Jackson, a 24-year-old biracial social worker in Halifax, Nova Scotia, remains scarred by the death of her older brother, Antony, 18 years earlier. An outspoken critic of the police, he was shot by cops in Toronto under murky circumstances that were deemed justified. The siblings' parents—Evelyn, a white woman, and Kingsley, a Jamaican man—reacted differently to their loss; Evelyn initially neglected Kareela before becoming overprotective, while Kingsley fell into depression. Now, galvanized by increased attention on racist police violence, Kareela joins the Black Lives Matter movement and gives a speech about what happened to her brother. Meanwhile, she learns she's unexpectedly pregnant by her white boyfriend, Thomas, and questions whether she wants to keep the baby. Thomas, excited to become a father, is upset by her ambivalence, which stems from how her own mother treated her. Kareela's struggles to decide whether to become a parent, an activist, or both alternate with illuminating flashbacks from Evelyn's perspective about being part of a mixed family and her evolving relationship with Kingsley. Carr shrewdly avoids pat resolutions of these fraught interpersonal dynamics, resulting in a satisfying and sophisticated tale.
