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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
4.0
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House takes its title from a cautionary tale told by a grandmother to her granddaughter, to keep her in check. The granddaughter is Lala, who we next see married, pregnant, and definitely not having listened to the story's warning.
Lala goes into labour in the middle of the night, and wakes to find herself alone in the house she shares with her husband. Panicked, she goes outside to find him, and interrupts something she shouldn't. Aden is in one of the big beachfront houses, dressed in black, carrying a gun. The next day, Lala returns home amid news of the murder of a wealthy tourist, and soon she has grief of her own to contend with.
HTOASSHH is pacy and engaging, with Lala's past weaving through the novel to bring us to her present.
Lala goes into labour in the middle of the night, and wakes to find herself alone in the house she shares with her husband. Panicked, she goes outside to find him, and interrupts something she shouldn't. Aden is in one of the big beachfront houses, dressed in black, carrying a gun. The next day, Lala returns home amid news of the murder of a wealthy tourist, and soon she has grief of her own to contend with.
HTOASSHH is pacy and engaging, with Lala's past weaving through the novel to bring us to her present.