{"product_id":"9781529925449","title":"Passiontide","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaid of Black Conch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003ePASSIONTIDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This was fantastic… five stars’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Exhilarating… it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A powerful book… really moving’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Filled with anger, unity and love’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Moving and gripping’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A must-read’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I loved this book’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Sensual, ferocious… If \u003ci\u003eThe White Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLALINE PAULL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJASON ALLEN-PAISANT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIANA EVANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monique Roffey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":49979264663909,"sku":"9781529925449","price":16.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_97d7a8db-4286-47c5-a0cf-38d55c2ecafb.jpg?v=1759417250","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9781529925449","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}