EAN: 9781472268785

JONES C HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOU...

'Let me tell you about a little girl like you that didn't listen to her mother.' And Wilma
tells Lala the story of the One-Armed Sister. In Baxter's Beach  Barbados  Lala's grandmother 
Wilma  tells her a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For
Wilma  it's the story of a wilful adventurer  who ignores the warnings of those around her  and
suffers as a result. When Lala grows up  she sees the story offers hope - of life and love
after losing a baby in the most terrible of circumstances and marrying the wrong man. And Mira
Whalen? Her story is about keeping alive  trying to make sense of the fact that her husband has
been murdered  and that she didn't get the chance to tell him that she loved him after all. HOW
THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE is a powerful  visceral novel of lives across race and
class  and of the sacrifices some women make to survive.

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