Fire Rush: A Novel

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE Named a Most Anticipated Book by The Washington Post, Bustle, The Millions, and The Chicago Review of Books &“An exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer.&” —Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, OtherSet amid the Jamaican diaspora in London at the dawn of 1980s, a mesmerizing story of love, loss, and self-discovery that vibrates with the liberating power of musicYamaye lives for the weekend, when she goes raving with her friends, the &“Tombstone Estate gyals,&” at The Crypt, an underground dub reggae club in their industrial town on the outskirts of London. Raised by her distant father after her mother&’s disappearance when she was a girl, Yamaye craves the oblivion of sound - a chance to escape into the rhythms of those smoke-filled nights, to discover who she really is in the dance-hall darkness.When Yamaye meets Moose, a soulful carpenter who shares her Jamaican heritage, a path toward a different kind of future seems to open. But then, Babylon rushes in. In a devastating cascade of violence that pits state power against her loved ones and her community, Yamaye loses everything. Friendless and adrift, she embarks on a dramatic journey of transformation that takes her to the Bristol underworld and, finally, to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.The unforgettable story of one young woman&’s search for home, animated by a ferocity of vision, electrifying music, and the Jamaican spiritual imagination, Fire Rush is a blazing achievement from a brilliant voice in contemporary fiction.
Copyright:
2023

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ISBN-13:
9780593300541
Related ISBNs:
9780593300534
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Jacqueline Crooks
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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