Passiontide
A Caribbean story of friendship, love and revolution from the author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
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- USD 12.99
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- USD 12.99
Descripción editorial
Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the exhilarating new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.
‘If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’ LALINE PAULL
‘Brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN
Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this Caribbean island.
As the days pass, the shocking event draws together new allies: Sharleen, Tara, Gigi and Daisy. In a community in which violence against women is overlooked time after time, the group find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act.
But they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…
READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE
‘Exhilarating… it’s a blast, with sharp, smart humour’
‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’
‘A powerful book… really moving’
‘Filled with anger, unity and love’
‘This was fantastic… five stars’
‘Moving and gripping’
‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’ GUARDIAN
‘A resounding testament to the rebellious spirit of Caribbean women’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR
‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’ GLAMOUR
‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’ DIANA EVANS
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Roffey (The Mermaid of Black Conch) begins her stirring if uneven latest as a police procedural before swerving into a treatise on femicide in the Carribean. At the end of Carnival, the body of a Japanese musician is found slashed, bitten, and strangled under a sacred cannonball tree on the island of St. Colibri. Inspector Loveday, a corrupt policeman in charge of finding the woman's killer, has no evidence. Fed up with the island's institutionalized misogyny and rampant rates of femicide, three local women—a reporter, a gay activist, and a sex worker—stage a protest. Their action attracts support from more women, who converge in the town square. At first, the demonstration is no more than an annoyance to the police and the prime minister, but a movement gathers steam after the mayor blames women for the violence against them. When the prime minister's wife expresses her solidarity with the protestors, the mayor places her under house arrest. Roffey enlivens the proceedings with details of the women's righteous organizing and colloquial dialogue ("Doh shoot the messenger"), but the narrative structure feels disjointed, and multiple story lines are left unresolved as the novel morphs into a social manifesto. Still, Roffey's vital message is hard to shake.
