One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

De: Marie-Claire Amuah

Narrado por: Amoakwaa Augustine

Stella is born into the chaos of domestic violence and struggles to make sense of the world around her. She touches wood so that bad things won’t happen to her or her family—until she learns a poem about magpies, 'one for sorrow...'

Stella excels academically and achieves professional fulfilment and success once she leaves home. However, she is unable to make evidence-based conclusions about events that unfold around her. Stella continues to rely on superstition to provide meaning to her life, to control the otherwise uncontrollable. She feels her greatest personal happiness when she falls in love, but learns that magpies alone can’t protect her from heartbreak, and that the impact of her childhood is something she will have to face, one way or another.

2023, Diverse Book Award Best Adult Novel, Long-listed

©2022 Marie-Claire Amuah (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing

Reseñas de la Crítica

"I loved this book so much! Intense and beautiful and heartbreaking." (Buki Papillon, author of An Ordinary Wonder)

"One for Sorrow, Two for Joy is a vivid, deeply felt exploration of intergenerational trauma, the complexities of family and the redemptive power of friendship. Stella is an utterly unique heroine who you'll find yourself rooting for from page one." (Angela Chadwick, author of XX)