These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card

An O. Henry Prize-Winning Multi-Generational Jamaican Saga of Stolen Identity, Colonial Legacy, and Inheritance

In 1970, Jamaican laborer Abel Paisley fakes his own death in a bauxite mining accident and steals the identity of his deceased friend, Stanford Solomon. Living under his stolen name in London and Harlem for thirty years, Stanford establishes a new family while concealing his past.

When an ailing, seventy-year-old Stanford reveals his deathbed confession to his home hospice nurse—who turns out to be Irene, his abandoned Jamaican daughter—the revelation unleashes secrets spanning 18th-century Jamaican sugar plantations to contemporary New York.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Maisy Card's O. Henry Prize-winning debut saga examines post-colonial migration, family secrets, and Caribbean diaspora history. Essential reading for fans of Marlon James, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and Edwidge Danticat.