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In this sweeping debut, Asha Bromfield takes readers to the heart of Jamaica, and into the soul of a girl coming to terms with her family, and herself, set against the backdrop of a hurricane now in trade paperback!
Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica.
When Tillas mother tells her shell be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him.
In an unexpected turn of events, Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as she learns about the dark secrets that lie beyond the veil of paradiseall in the midst of an impending hurricane.
Hurricane Summer is a powerful coming of age story that deals with colorism, classism, young love, the father-daughter dynamicand what it means to discover your own voice in the center of complete destruction.
Author: Asha Ashanti Bromfield
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.11h x 5.35w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781250843463
Language: English
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