Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.
‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN
‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR
Early 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.
As 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.
In 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 EVANS
READERS 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’
Genre: Literary Fiction
‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN
‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR
Early 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.
As 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.
In 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 EVANS
READERS 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’
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"A dream of feminist resistance rises, beguiling in its possibility. Meanwhile, the maelstrom of daily Caribbean life swirls [within this novel]: grief, corruption, outrage, violence, excitement, friendship, love." - Claire Adam
"Roffey is channeling a woman story so deep and old it feels foundational to who we are and can be. Raw and beautiful and in your face, this novel is a liberating read." - Julia Alvarez
"A vital novel...fiery, funny and ferociously feminist." - Diana Evans
"Passiontide has scale, politics and power--a thrilling read, I loved it." - Sadie Jones
"Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature, and I will read anything she writes. Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer. I'm writing this from Trinidad, in the aftermath of another murdered woman, asking myself the same question Roffey's characters ask: which of us will be next? And yet, even as Passiontide captures the pain-laced lives of our women, the book still holds hope in its heart. Maybe, through our shared courage, we can change." - Breanne Mc Ivor
"Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it." - Sarah Winman
"Roffey is channeling a woman story so deep and old it feels foundational to who we are and can be. Raw and beautiful and in your face, this novel is a liberating read." - Julia Alvarez
"A vital novel...fiery, funny and ferociously feminist." - Diana Evans
"Passiontide has scale, politics and power--a thrilling read, I loved it." - Sadie Jones
"Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature, and I will read anything she writes. Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer. I'm writing this from Trinidad, in the aftermath of another murdered woman, asking myself the same question Roffey's characters ask: which of us will be next? And yet, even as Passiontide captures the pain-laced lives of our women, the book still holds hope in its heart. Maybe, through our shared courage, we can change." - Breanne Mc Ivor
"Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it." - Sarah Winman
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