A New York Times Notable Book of the YearWinner of the LAMBDA Literary Award for Lesbian FictionNamed a Best Book of 2016 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Bustle, San Francisco Chronicle, The Root, BookRiot, Kirkus Reviews, NYLON, Amazon, WBUR's "On Point", the Barnes & Noble Review, and Amazon (Fiction & Literature)Finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award and the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeSelected for the Grand Prix Litteraire of the Association of Caribbean WritersLonglisted for the ALA Over the Rainbow AwardLonglisted for the Dublin Literary AwardIn this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village.
