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
| ISBN: | 9781845235895 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2025 |
| Author: | Amanda Smyth |
| Publisher: | Peepal Tree Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 172 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration |