RaveThe Women\'s Review of BooksDrawing from the intergenerational trauma in her own life as a Jamaican-American woman, Maisy Card masterfully paints a picture of a Jamaican family haunted by choices, deaths—real and fabricated—and most of all, the omnipotence ofracism and sexism. As truths are revealed through the unwinding of life histories, the characters, first defined by their mistakes, become beautifully complex, contradictory, and multi- dimensional ... Card’s command of language, demonstrated through her use of dialect and of first-, second-, and third-person narrative, allows her to fit full histories into only a few pages ... the use of dialect stands as a reminder of Zora Neale Hurston; the novel’s use of time travel alludes to Octavia Butler; and the mastery of language is reminiscent of Toni Morrison. In the context of such a rich \'herstory,\' the goals of Card’s novel can be truly appreciated. Despite these strong similarities with prominent Black women writers, the novel is still wonderfully unique, offering a commentary on the implications of anti-Black racism, sexism, and misogynoir ... celebrates the ways in
