House of Plain Truth (eBook)

A Novel

Donna Hemans (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
288 Seiten
Zibby Books (Verlag)
979-8-9862596-3-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A lyrical, lush, evocative story about a fractured Jamaican family and a daughter determined to reclaim her home.When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn t prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father s startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years.Moving through time and place, from modern-day Brooklyn and Montego Bay to 1930s Havana and back again, The House of Plain Truth is a journey through generational secrets and a family coming to terms with its past.Inspired by the author's own history, this soulful novel explores a fascinating story of immigration, divided loyalties, and what one woman must sacrifice in her attempt to find home.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.1.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Schlagworte: Argument • Brooklyn • Caribbean • Caribbean Literature • Cousin • Cuba • Daughter • Death • deed • Dreams • Family • Farm • Father • Fighting • Flowers • Funeral • grandchildren • grandpa • grandparents • grave • Grief • grieving • Historical • Home • homesick • House • Immigrant • Immigration • Inheritance • Island • Jamaica • Jamaican • Jamaican literature • Land • Memory • mother • nephew • Old age • Parents • Sister • will
• ISBN-13: 979-8-9862596-3-5 / 9798986259635