Written with the empathy and the rigorous, taut prose of a Raymond Carver, this is a moving, sometimes shocking and sometimes funny account of a girl’s growing up in a divided family, moving between Trinidad and England and piecing together a sense of self.
'Amanda Smyth writes like a descendant of Jean Rhys...a born novelist' ALI SMITH
‘Smyth’s writing is as lushly beautiful as the landscape she describes’ THE TIMES
‘Like Alice Walker, Smyth vividly and empathetically re-creates gender and racial tensions’ ELLE MAGAZINE
- ISBN13 9781845235895
- Publish Date 6 February 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Peepal Tree Press Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 172
- Language English