by AirBourne / February 14th, 2021
How do you come to love a book?
This is a paraphrasure of a sub-plot in chapter 25 of the debut novel of
Cherie Jones, caught up by ABC TV’s Good Morning America’s Book Club – it has devoured the attention of bibliophiles on both sides of the Atlantic, I was sent the video by a friend and I immediately posted it in my
Instagram. I am pleased to give you a first hand review and I am avoiding spoilers in the main…
It was a revelation to me how Cherie was a writer, I recalled her as a quiet yet affable Corporate Lawyer for CBC during the latter half of my career there. Her book is incredible and very explicit and vivid, this is a Barbados not normally seen, which is probably part of why it was written.
The top pick of the month comes from Kristin Hannah, author of the ever-popular The Nightingale. Hannah s newest novel, The Four Winds, vividly and poignantly details the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. February s featured debut Cherie Jones How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is what Vanessa Cronin describes as a can t-look-away winner due to its lively and beautiful critique on the patriarchy, class, and race.
Here are Amazon s top 12 books of February 2021:
Captions have been provided by Amazon s book editors. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
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Baxter Beach, the fictional Barbados setting of Cherie Jones’ first novel, is the kind of place an American might go to soak up sun and margaritas, maybe get a souvenir cornrow in their hair. In another book it would signal paradise, but not in “How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House,” which digs deep into the difficult lives of the often-invisible essential workers who make the tourist factory run.
Their struggles are about to become a little more visible. On Tuesday morning, Jones’ debut was announced as the “Good Morning America” Book Club selection for February, practically guaranteeing a vast audience for the story of a young pregnant woman named Lala, her violent husband, Adan, and their childhood friend Tone.