Notes From Your BooksellerA debut from a brilliant new voice, Jones paints a portrait of colorful characters and their struggle and sacrifice for a good life。 An arresting setting, a sophisticated plot and a whole lot of heart all combine to make How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House both a fast-paced and intimate read。 Cherie Jones is one to watch。
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK"Searing 。 。 。 In affluent Baxter's Beach, the gentry of Barbados maneuver around their servants with velvet gloves and steel nerves, exposing fault lines of resentment, love as ephemeral as a tropical breeze。” (O Magazine)In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister。 It’s a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter’s Tunnels。 When she’s grown, Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences。 A gunshot no one was meant to witness。 A new mother whose baby is found lifeless on the beach。 A woman torn between two worlds and incapacitated by grief。 And two men driven into the Tunnels by desperation and greed who attempt a crime that will risk their freedom – and their lives。How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is an intimate and visceral portrayal of interconnected lives, across race and class, in a rapidly changing resort town, told by an astonishing new author of literary fiction。One of 2021's Most Anticipated New FictionThe Millions * Lit Hub * O Magazine * Elle。com * Entertainment Weekly * Minneapolis Star-Tribune * Bustle