The House of Plain Truth - A Novel

A lush, evocative story about a fractured Jamaican family and a daughter determined to reclaim her home.

When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn't prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father's startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years.

Moving through time and place, from modern-day Brooklyn and Montego Bay to 1930s Havana and back again, The House of Plain Truth is a journey through generational secrets and a family coming to terms with its past.

Inspired by the author's own history, this soulful novel explores a fascinating story of immigration, divided loyalties, and what one woman must sacrifice in her attempt to find home.

About the author

Donna Hemans is the award-winning author of River Woman and Tea by the Sea. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Ms. Magazine, and Crab Orchard Review, and she is the owner of D.C. Writers Room. Born in Jamaica, Hemans lives in Maryland.

Summary

A lyrical, lush, evocative story about a fractured Jamaican family and a daughter determined to reclaim her home.

When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn’t prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father’s startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years.

Moving through time and place, from modern-day Brooklyn and Montego Bay to 1930s Havana and back again, The House of Plain Truth is a journey through generational secrets and a family coming to terms with its past.

Inspired by the author's own history, this soulful novel explores a fascinating story of immigration, divided loyalties, and what one woman must sacrifice in her attempt to find home.

Product details

• Authors: Donna Hemans, Hemans Donna
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2024
• EAN: 9781958506073
• ISBN: 978-1-958506-07-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 209 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 378 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Island, memory, Brooklyn, FICTION / Literary, death, Land, House, Farm, Jamaica, Immigration, Family, Immigrant, Historical, Flowers, Cuba, Will, Cousin, mother, Argument, Parents, Home, Dreams, fighting, Grandpa, Inheritance, Caribbean, Sister, grandparents, FICTION / African American & Black / Women, FICTION / African American & Black / Historical, Father, grief, daughter, Funeral, Grave, Old Age, Jamaican literature, deed, grieving, grandchildren, homesick, Jamaican, Caribbean literature, nephew