Passiontide
The electrifying new novel from the author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:27th Jun '24
£18.99
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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.
‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN
‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR
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, the pink-haired, straight-talking star of the activism scene. 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 often overlooked, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…
‘A thrilling read, I loved it’
SADIE JONES
‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny and ferociously feminist’
DIANA EVANS
‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’
JASON ALLEN-PAISANT
‘Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature’
BREANNE MC IVOR
Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it -- SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life
Beautiful and important... Passiontide is a resounding testament to the rebellious spirit and bravery of Caribbean women. This is an urgent and deeply necessary novel about women reclaiming their own power and future in the face of gender-based violence. Monique Roffey has written a firebrand womanist text, a battle cry, a rousing vision of change for a better, possible world. By the end of this book, I was ready to join the revolution -- SAFIYA SINCLAIR, author of How to Say Babylon
A vital novel…fiery, funny and ferociously feminist
Passiontide has scale, politics and power – a thrilling read, I loved it -- SADIE JONES, author of The Outcast
Set on the fictional Caribbean island of St Colibri, Monique Roffey’s Passiontide is an extraordinary exploration of the magical possibilities of collective action, and pulsates with the rebel spirit of women. Activists, sex-workers and obeah women occupy the pages of this brilliantly told narrative of struggle and uprising – which is also a subtle and shape-shifting call to arms -- HANNAH LOWE, Costa Book of the Year-winning author of The Kids
Monique Roffey is a unique talent -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO
A dream of feminist resistance rises, beguiling in its possibility. Meanwhile, the maelstrom of daily Caribbean life swirls [within this novel]: grief, corruption, outrage, violence, excitement, friendship, love -- CLAIRE ADAM, author of Golden Child
The best book I have read in years. It’s so wonderful: so rich, inspiring, funny, moving. A true chronicle of hope, in sisterhood, community, faith and men
The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing. A powerful and electrifying novel -- JASON ALLEN-PAISANT, author of Self-Portrait as Othello
Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature, and I will read anything she writes. Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer… Even as Passiontide captures the pain-laced lives of our women, the book still holds hope in its heart. Maybe, through our shared courage, we can change -- BREANNE MC IVOR, author of The God of Good Looks
ISBN: 9781787303188
Dimensions: 240mm x 156mm x 40mm
Weight: 750g
368 pages