<p><strong>A sweeping multi-generational story about motherhood, race and secrets in the lives of three women, perfect for readers of Brit Bennett\u2019s <em>The Vanishing Half<\/em> and David Chariandy\u2019s <em>Brother<\/em><\/strong><\/p> <p>When 24-year-old Kareela discovers she\u2019s pregnant with a child she isn\u2019t sure she wants, it amplifies her struggle to understand her place in the world as a woman who is half-Black and half-white, yet feels neither.<\/p><p>Her mother, Evelyn,\u00a0fled to Canada with her husband and their first-born child, Antony, during the politically charged Jamaican Exodus of the 1980s, only to realize they\u2019d come to a place where Black men are viewed with suspicion\u2014a constant and pernicious reality Evelyn watches her husband and son navigate daily.<\/p><p>Years later, in the aftermath of Antony\u2019s murder by the police, Evelyn\u2019s mother-in-law, Violet, moves in, offering young Kareela a link to the Jamaican heritage she has never fully known. Despite Violet\u2019s efforts to help them through their grief, the traumas they carry grow into a web of secrets that threatens the very family they all hold so dear.<\/p><p>Back in the present, Kareela, prompted by fear and uncertainty about the new life she carries, must come to terms with the mysteries surrounding her family\u2019s past and the need to make sense of both her identity and her future.<\/p><p>Weaving the women\u2019s stories across multiple timelines,\u00a0<em>We Rip the World Apart\u00a0<\/em>reveals\u00a0the ways that simple choices, made in the heat of the moment and with the best of intentions, can have deeper repercussions than could ever have been imagined, especially when people remain silent.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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