A Million Aunties by Alecia Mckenzie

A Million Aunties by Alecia Mckenzie

American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his conception of family during a visit to his mother's Caribbean homeland.

"Thoroughly satisfying . . . This bighearted narrative of love, loss, and family is handled with grace and beauty." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Alecia McKenzie's tender new novel [is] an emotionally resonant ode to adopted families and community resilience." --New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice

After a personal tragedy upends his world, American-born artist Chris travels to his mother's homeland in the Caribbean hoping to find some peace and tranquility. He plans to spend his time painting in solitude and coming to terms with his recent loss and his fractured relationship with his father. Instead, he discovers a new extended and complicated "family." The people he meets help him to heal, even as he supports them in unexpected ways. Told from different points of view, this is a compelling novel about unlikely love, friendship, and community, with surprises along the way.

McKenzie, Alecia: - ALECIA McKENZIE is a Jamaican writer currently based in France. Her first collection of short stories, Satellite City, and her novel, Sweetheart, have both won Commonwealth Writers prizes. Sweetheart has been translated into French and was awarded the Prix Carbet des Lycü¾Ž–”¼ens in 2017. Her other books include Stories from Yard, Doctor's Orders, and When the Rain Stopped in Natland. McKenzie's work has appeared in a range of literary magazines and in anthologies such as Stories from Blue Latitudes, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, Bridges, Global Tales, Girls Night In, and To Exist Is to Resist. She edited a collection of contemporary Jamaican short stories and coedited Where We Started: Stories of Living Between Worlds, an anthology of writing from different countries.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781617758928
ISBN 10	1617758922
Title	A Million Aunties
Author	Alecia Mckenzie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Akashic Books,U.S.
Year published	2020-11-17
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.