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A Cupboard Full of Coats

A Cupboard Full of Coats

by YvvetteEdwards (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

He just knocked, that was all, knocked at the front door and waited, like the fourteen years since the night I'd killed my mother hadn't happened at all...A" Crushed by an impossible shame, Jinx's life has been little more than a shell; estranged from her husband, she is even relieved when he takes her young son with him. When Lemon, an old friend of her mother's, turns up on her doorstep, Jinx is forced to confront her past, and with the pain of remembrance comes the possibility of redemption. But Lemon has his own secrets to share, and together they unravel an unforgettable family drama, stoked with violence and passion. Rich with voices from East London and the West Indies, Edwards's narrative is delivered with a unique and uncompromising bite that announces a new talent in British fiction.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 14 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 1851687971
ISBN 13: 9781851687978
Prizes: Long-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 .

Media Reviews
A Cupboard Full of Coats is high drama, full of breathtaking tension, and, at times, brought to mind the works of Arthur Miller and August Wilson, both of whom knew a thing or two about secrets spilled across a kitchen table. -- Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising
A gut-wrenching and gorgeously lyrical debut... Engrossing and human to the core, Edwards's novel wrings the heart in the most tender of ways. * Publishers Weekly *
A novel that pulses with rhythm, texture, language, and a story that keeps you locked to its pages. Brutally honest, expertly woven, and utterly mesmerizing. I loved this book. -- -- Naseem Rakha, author of the international bestseller The Crying Tree
One to watch * Daily Mail *
Author Bio
Yvvette Edwards grew up in Hackney and is of Montserratian-British origin. A Cupboard Full of Coats, her debut novel, was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Writers' Guild Award and the Man Booker prize. She continues to live in East London with her family.