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At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach. Tired of not having a place to land, twenty-year-old Akua flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister. Their younger brother Bryson has recently passed from sickle cell anemia - the same disease that took their mother ten years prior - and Akua carries his remains in a small wooden box with the hopes of reassembling her family.. Over the span of two fateful weeks, Akua and Tamika visit significant places from their childhood - the home they grew up in, their mother's grave, a favorite beach - where Akua slowly spreads Bryson's ashes.
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Fiction writer. Occasional poet. Loves dogs and sunshine and long walks to the local brewhouse.
