Jamaica Sweepstakes - Page 1
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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Palaver by Bryan Washington. In Tokyo, a young man spends his days tutoring English and his nights drinking with friends at a gay bar. He’s caught in a complicated affair with a married man and has built a life far from Houston, where his strained relationship with his mother and her favoritism toward his troubled, homophobic brother drove him away.
Ten years have passed since he last saw her. Now, just before Christmas, she shows up unannounced at his doorstep. With only his cat, Taro, between them, tensions rise quickly. The mother, haunted by memories of her youth in Jamaica and her own fractured sibling bond, tries to make peace with her past. The son, still nursing old wounds, struggles to let go of resentment.
As the days unfold, she finds unexpected companionship with a local bistro owner, while he begins to open up to a new face at the bar. Through shared meals, difficult conversations, and a poignant journey to Nara, mother and son inch toward understanding, searching for what “home” truly means, and whether it might exist between them after all.
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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer. A lyrical and atmospheric tale of survival, connection, and resilience set against the stark beauty of a frozen landscape. It’s 1796, and Cora has just arrived from Jamaica, orphaned and unprepared for the biting cold of an unfamiliar land. As winter deepens, the community retreats indoors, clinging to warmth and routine. But one night, Cora glimpses a shadow moving through the trees. Surely it’s a trick of the light, until she steps into the moonlit snow and finds footprints leading into the woods.
Agnes is used to being unseen. She’s been living in hiding, surviving alone in the wilderness, careful never to leave a trace. But when she spots Cora, something shifts. Fear grips her, yet so does curiosity. Cora is bold, unafraid, and drawn to the mystery of the forest.
As their paths intertwine, both women must confront the secrets they carry and the choices that shaped them. In the silence of winter, a fragile bond begins to form, one that could change everything.
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