A Cupboard Full of Coats

Informationen zum Autor Yvvette Edwards was brought up in Hackney and is of Montserratian-British origin. She works for the Housing Benefits office and lives with her family in London. Klappentext Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year He just knocked, that was all, knocked at the front door and waited, like the fourteen years since the night I'd killed my mother hadn't happened at all...A" Crushed by an impossible shame, Jinx's life has been little more than a shell; estranged from her husband, she is even relieved when he takes her young son with him. When Lemon, an old friend of her mother's, turns up on her doorstep, Jinx is forced to confront her past, and with the pain of remembrance comes the possibility of redemption. But Lemon has his own secrets to share, and together they unravel an unforgettable family drama, stoked with violence and passion. Rich with voices from East London and the West Indies, Edwards's narrative is delivered with a unique and uncompromising bite that announces a new talent in British fiction. Zusammenfassung Redolent of Monica Ali and Zadie Smith! Yvvette Edwards's bold debut is a searing story of family! jealousy! and tragic betrayal

Product details

• Authors: Yvette Edwards, Yvvette Edwards, Ywette Edwards, Edwards Yvvette
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9781851688388
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-838-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Sagas, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Family & relationships, Family history, tracing ancestors, Relating to Black British Caribbean people, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: narrative themes, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century, Black & Asian Studies, West Indies, FICTION / World Literature / Caribbean & West Indies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary