Passiontide

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 small island. As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There''s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ''notorious'' founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago. In a community in which women''s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out - and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage...

Autorentext
Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Klappentext

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

Zusammenfassung
Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life