How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Travel and plunging headfirst through the

and plunging headfirst through the plate and into the soul

not them—you’ll find tips and tools to help you set boundaries with others

In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches

Adapted By Sonja Cherry-Paul

the rhymes inspiring

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Travel and plunging headfirst through theBy Cherie Jones In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a brilliant Caribbean writer delivers a powerful story about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so called "paradise." In Baxters Beach, Barbados, Lalas grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one armed sister. Its a cautionary tale, about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxters Tunnels. When shes grown, Lala lives on the