{"product_id":"9781529925449","title":"Passiontide","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Roffey, Monique \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 May 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 25 | 260g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIREarly one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’GUARDIAN‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’GLAMOUR‘Sensual, ferocious… If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’LALINE PAULL‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’JASON ALLEN-PAISANT‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’DIANA EVANSREADERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE‘This was fantastic… five stars’‘Exhilarating… it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour’‘A powerful book… really moving’‘Filled with anger, unity and love’‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’‘Moving and gripping’‘A must-read’‘I loved this book’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55203938074999,"sku":"9781529925449","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529925449.jpg?v=1747060717","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781529925449","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}