How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: A Novel

by Cherie Jones

Audible Audio

Published February 2, 2021

Reviews

[Susan Crutchfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Woman in Barbados married to a man who beats her - he kills a man - how widows intertwines - and her first love - very sad

[LMQ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four generations of women (one is an infant, actually) born into lives that seemed cursed by poverty, patriarchy, and silence. Another woman, unrelated to the others, struggles with her own demons and becomes connected to one of the women through tragedy and an attempted rescue. This story takes place on a Caribbean island where the haves and the have nots seem to live entirely separate lives, but really are all threatened by an undercurrent of bad men, especially one who is married to Lala, the story's main character. This was an emotional, dark, and intense read. Trigger warnings for domestic violence, rape, and harm visited upon a child. Not a lot of dialogue, but the author did an excellent job of revealing what each character communicated and understood about things unsaid.