Passiontide by Monique Roffey

Passiontide by Monique Roffey

Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch. ‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN ‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island. As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago. In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage… ‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’ GUARDIAN ‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’ GLAMOUR ‘Sensual, ferocious… If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’ LALINE PAULL ‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’ JASON ALLEN-PAISANT ‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’ DIANA EVANS READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE ‘This was fantastic… five stars’ ‘Exhilarating… it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour’ ‘A powerful book… really moving’ ‘Filled with anger, unity and love’ ‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’ ‘Moving and gripping’ ‘A must-read’ ‘I loved this book’

Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it -- SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life
Beautiful and important... Passiontide is a resounding testament to the rebellious spirit and bravery of Caribbean women. This is an urgent and deeply necessary novel about women reclaiming their own power and future in the face of gender-based violence. Monique Roffey has written a firebrand womanist text, a battle cry, a rousing vision of change for a better, possible world. By the end of this book, I was ready to join the revolution -- SAFIYA SINCLAIR, author of How to Say Babylon
A tour de force Caribbean novel of female revolution that will keep you reading all hours... Roffey weaves a tale that is both deeply personal and universally resonant... A compelling and unforgettable read * Glamour, Best Books of June *
Powerful and devastating * Stylist *
A vital novel…fiery, funny and ferociously feminist -- DIANA EVANS, author of Ordinary People
Passiontide has scale, politics and power – a thrilling read, I loved it -- SADIE JONES, author of The Outcast
Set on the fictional Caribbean island of ­­­St Colibri, Monique Roffey’s Passiontide is an extraordinary exploration of the magical possibilities of collective action, and pulsates with the rebel spirit of women. Activists, sex-workers and obeah women occupy the pages of this brilliantly told narrative of struggle and uprising – which is also a subtle and shape-shifting call to arms -- HANNAH LOWE, Costa Book of the Year-winning author of The Kids
Monique Roffey is a unique talent -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO
A dream of feminist resistance rises, beguiling in its possibility. Meanwhile, the maelstrom of daily Caribbean life swirls [within this novel]: grief, corruption, outrage, violence, excitement, friendship, love -- CLAIRE ADAM, author of Golden Child
The best book I have read in years. It’s so wonderful: so rich, inspiring, funny, moving. A true chronicle of hope, in sisterhood, community, faith and men
The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing. A powerful and electrifying novel -- JASON ALLEN-PAISANT, author of Self-Portrait as Othello
Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature, and I will read anything she writes. Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer… Even as Passiontide captures the pain-laced lives of our women, the book still holds hope in its heart. Maybe, through our shared courage, we can change -- BREANNE MC IVOR, author of The God of Good Looks
Monique Roffey’s passions and beliefs shine through everything she writes… She’s an irresistible storyteller with a poetic touch; the fire in her belly comes with strong narrative architecture and beautiful language -- Louisa Young * Perspective *
A raging, searing protest cry… A heartfelt novel filled with solidarity, love, joy and unflinching honesty -- COURTTIA NEWLAND, author of A River Called Time
This is a badass novel for a feminist generation -- GABRIELLE HOSEIN

Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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ISBN 13	9781787303188
Title	Passiontide
Author	Monique Roffey
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Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2024-06-27
Number of pages	368
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