The Bread the Devil Knead
Lisa Allen-Agostini
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
4.06
· 18 ratings · 208 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2021
'Strips you down to raw nerve to build you back up again. Allen-Agostini has an unswerving eye.'— Nalo Hopkinson
'You dip into the first page and don't come up for breath until the last... thoroughly enjoyable.'— Kei Miller
Alethea Lopez is about to turn 40. Fashionable, feisty and fiercely independent, she manages a boutique in Port of Spain, but behind closed doors she's covering up bruises from her abusive partner and seeking solace in an affair with her boss. When she witnesses a woman murdered by a jealous lover, the reality of her own future comes a little too close to home.
Bringing us her truth in an arresting, unsparing Trinidadian voice, Alethea unravels memories repressed since childhood and begins to understand the person she has become. Her next step is to decide the woman she wants to be.
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