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THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY
A stunning literary debut novel that reveals the ways in which a Caribbean family forms and splinters through generations.
The novel centers around Abel and Vera Paisley, a working-class Jamaican couple in the 1960s. Abel emigrates to London hoping to earn a livelihood that will support the family he left behind, but when he's presented with the opportunity to escape his destructive marriage by assuming a new identity (that of his friend Stanford Solomon) he seizes it and fakes his own death. Vera, forced into the role of widow and single mother, is overwhelmed by guilt for her husband's death, and becomes an abusive and neglectful mother to her children, Irene and Vincent.
Set in the United States and Jamaica and told in multiple narrative threads which incorporate elements of gothic fiction, Jamaican folklore, and history, Ghosts looks at the limits of forgiveness and the complexities of Caribbean family ties. The novel follows each child, grandchild, and other players affected by Vera and Abel's choices, exploring the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts while struggling to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. An electric and character-driven saga, the reader is propelled forward by the need to piece together the interworkings of an incredibly dynamic family.
Maisy Card holds an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and is a public librarian. Her writing has appeared in Lenny Letter, School Library Journal, Agni, Sycamore Review, Liars' League NYC, and Ampersand Review. Maisy was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica, but was raised in Queens, New York. Maisy earned an MLIS from Rutgers University and a BA in English and American Studies from Wesleyan University. She is the author of These Ghosts Are Family.
Set in the United States and Jamaica and told in multiple narrative threads which incorporate elements of gothic fiction, Jamaican folklore, and history, Ghosts looks at the limits of forgiveness and the complexities of Caribbean family ties. The novel follows each child, grandchild, and other players affected by Vera and Abel's choices, exploring the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts while struggling to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. An electric and character-driven saga, the reader is propelled forward by the need to piece together the interworkings of an incredibly dynamic family.
Maisy Card holds an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and is a public librarian. Her writing has appeared in Lenny Letter, School Library Journal, Agni, Sycamore Review, Liars' League NYC, and Ampersand Review. Maisy was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica, but was raised in Queens, New York. Maisy earned an MLIS from Rutgers University and a BA in English and American Studies from Wesleyan University. She is the author of These Ghosts Are Family.
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Published 2020-03-03 by Simon & Schuster |