These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card

These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card

Winner of the American Book Award and the OCM Bocas Prize, and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, Maisy Card's stunning debut novel, These Ghosts Are Family, is a sweeping saga that reveals the intricate connections and devastating secrets of one Jamaican family across generations. For thirty years, Stanford Solomon has lived in America under an assumed identity. Now, nearing the end of his life, his shocking confession—that he is truly Abel Paisley, a man who faked his death and abandoned his first family in Jamaica—unravels the hidden truths that bind his descendants on both sides of the ocean. Masterfully weaving together narratives that shift from colonial Jamaica to present-day Harlem, Card explores the enduring legacy of the past, the complexities of identity within the diaspora, and the ways family secrets shape and haunt the living. This luminous and electric novel is an unforgettable portrait of a family wrestling with its ghosts.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Discover a critically acclaimed debut heralded for its ambition, originality, and powerful exploration of Jamaican heritage and family legacy. You'll be captivated by Maisy Card's inventive narrative structure, weaving together multiple voices and timelines into a rich, unforgettable tapestry. If you appreciate immersive family sagas, literary fiction that confronts history and identity with honesty, and stories that reveal the profound ways the past informs the present, These Ghosts Are Family is a remarkable read.