Women''s Prize for Fiction 2021
SHORTLISTED
''Jones''s atmospheric debut has a multiracial, multigenerational cast who are brilliantly and even-handedly portrayed''Sunday Times
''Rare is the first book that reveals the writer fully formed, the muscles and sinews of her sentences firm and taut, the voice distinctly her own'' Washington Post
''A hard-hitting and unflinching novel from a bold new writer'' Bernardine Evaristo
''A bright new star. Cherie Jones draws us with skill, delicacy and glorious style into a vortex of Bajan lives on the edge'' Diana Evans
In Baxter''s Beach, Barbados, Lala''s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, 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 Lal
