These Ghosts are Family
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A transporting debut novel that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Stanford Solomon has a shocking, thirty-year-old secret. And it's about to change the lives of everyone around him. Stanford Solomon is actually Abel Paisley, a man who faked his own death and stole the identity of his best friend. And now, nearing the end of his life, Stanford is about to meet his firstborn daughter, Irene Paisley, a home health aide who has unwittingly shown up for her first day of work to tend to the father she thought was dead. These Ghosts are Family revolves around the consequences of Abel's decision and tells the story of the Paisley family from colonial Jamaica to present day Harlem. There is Vera, whose widowhood forced her into the role of single mother. There are two daughters and a granddaughter who have never known they are related. And there are others, like the house boy who loved Vera, whose lives might have taken different courses if not for Abel Paisley's actions. These Ghosts Are Family explores the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts and struggles to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. The result is an engrossing portrait of a family and individuals caught in the sweep of history, slavery, migration, and the more personal dramas of infidelity, lost love, and regret. This electric and luminous family saga announces the arrival of a new American talent.
Notes
Card, M., & Williams, K. O. (2020). These Ghosts are Family. Unabridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Card, Maisy and Karl O'brain, Williams. 2020. These Ghosts Are Family. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Card, Maisy and Karl O'brain, Williams, These Ghosts Are Family. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Card, Maisy, and Karl O'brain Williams. These Ghosts Are Family. Unabridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2020.
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