Passiontide by Roffey, Monique

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Author: Roffey, MoniqueModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 15 May 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 368 pages197 x 130 x 25 | 260g
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 WINMANBeautiful and important SAFIYA SINCLAIREarly one morning, at the close of St Colibris 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. Theres 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 womens 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 courageRoffeys world-building power is evident on every pageGUARDIANWill keep you reading all hours unforgettableGLAMOURSensual, ferocious If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be itLALINE PAULLThe spirit of carnival itself is in the writing ElectrifyingJASON ALLEN-PAISANTA vital novel Fiery, funnyDIANA EVANSREADERS LOVE PASSIONTIDEThis was fantastic five starsExhilarating its a blast, with sharp, smart humourA powerful book really movingFilled with anger, unity and loveWhat an amazing book this is This story will stay with me for a very long timeMoving and grippingA must-readI loved this book