Uncertain Kin

Author  Janice Lynn Mather
Uncertain Kin

From Governor General's Literary Award finalist Janice Lynn Mather comes this mesmerizing collection of linked stories that explores the beauty and brutality of being alive.

SET AGAINST THE VIVID backdrop of The Bahamas, these eighteen luminous and haunting stories introduce us to women and girls searching for certainty and belonging as they navigate profound upheaval. The characters are bold and big-hearted, complex and intimately familiar. They grapple with the bonds of kinship and the responsibilities of parenthood, with grief, longing, betrayal, coming of age and what it means to be a woman.
 
Little girls disappear from their beds one lush August.
 
A jogger with a secret diagnosis makes a sinister discovery on the beach.
 
An island wakes to blood pouring from its taps after…

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June 13, 2023
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