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Jamaica, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The critically acclaimed, IMPAC shortlisted debut novel from the author of THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER - published for the first time in the UK and Australia.
From the acclaimed author of THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER comes a story of three women born into the divided, troubled paradise of Jamaica.
Easter, 1981. With Jamaica in a state of emergency, the Landing family gathers to bury one of its own. For Monica Landing, who had not spoken to her daughter for fifteen years, the death of Lana is the cruellest kind of loss. For Lana's youngest sister, Jean, it is an incomprehensible tragedy. All she knows is that her beloved homeland holds no future for her. But flight means crossing a landscape where soldiers turned executioners and armed gangs rule. It means making her way through the memories that engulf her, with perhaps the only man she has ever loved by her side. THE TRUE HISTORY OF PARADISE captures the grace, beauty and brutality that are indelible parts of the Jamaican experience.
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Praise for The True History of Paradise
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Skilfully crafted... marvellously evocative... conveys a vivid sense of many worlds folded into one - Washington Post
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Authentic... convincing... Cezair-Thompson writes with talent, grace and confidence - New York Times Book Review
Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Margaret Cezair-Thompson was born and raised in Jamaica, West Indies.A She is the author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel The Pirate's Daughter, which was a Richard & Judy Summer Read in 2008. The True History of Paradise was her first novel, and was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award.A She is a professor of English at Wellesley College, and lives in Massachusetts.
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