How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

A Novel

By: Cherie Jones

Narrated by: Danielle Vitalis

In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a brilliant Caribbean writer delivers a powerful story about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise."

In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister. It’s a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter’s Tunnels. When she’s grown, Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences. A gunshot no one was meant to witness. A new mother whose baby is found lifeless on the beach. A woman torn between two worlds and incapacitated by grief. And two men driven into the Tunnels by desperation and greed who attempt a crime that will risk their freedom – and their lives.

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is an intimate and visceral portrayal of interconnected lives, across race and class, in a rapidly changing resort town, told by an astonishing new author of literary fiction.

Very good book.

Pretty much flawless. Even the ending which some people might struggle with, seemed appropriate to me.

Rollercoaster

Loved it , beware very triggering but oh so good, did not want to stop listening, not sure I like the ending

Excellent Read. Deeply Layered.

really enjoyed this book!
very easy to lose yourself inside of the rich language and deeply complex layered characters.
so happy to have found it.

loved it

I loved it! She deals with hard situations brilliantly. Descriptions were very well detailed. Love

The one Arm Sister

Exceptional!!! Oratory!!! The story and title captured my total and complete imagination. Women are weak and strong at the same time.