We Rip the World Apart

A Novel

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Pub Date Jan 28 2025 | Archive Date Jan 31 2025
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Description

From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhood, race, and secrets.

When 24-year-old Kareela discovers she's pregnant with a child she isn't sure she wants, her struggle to understand her place in the world as a person who is half-Black, half-white—yet feels neither—is amplified.

Her mother, Evelyn, fled to Canada with her husband and their first-born child during the politically charged Jamaican exodus in the 1980s, only to realize they'd come to a place where Black men are viewed with suspicion—a constant and pernicious reality Evelyn watches her husband and son navigate daily.

Years later, in the aftermath of her son's murder by the police, Evelyn's mother-in-law, Violet, moves in, offering young Kareela a link to the Jamaican heritage she had never fully known. Despite Violet's efforts to help them through their grief, the traumas they carry grow into a web of secrets that threatens the very family they all hold so dear.

In the present day, Kareela, prompted by fear and uncertainty about the new life she carries, must come to terms with the mysteries surrounding her family's past and the need to make sense of both her identity and her future.

Weaving the women's stories across multiple timelines, We Rip the World Apart reveals the ways that simple choices, made in the heat of the moment and with the best of intentions, can have dee and lasting repercussions—especially when people remain stay silent.

From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhood, race, and secrets.

When 24-year-old Kareela discovers she's pregnant with a child she isn't sure...


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ISBN 9781728270449
PRICE $27.99 (USD)
PAGES 464

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This book…made me far more emotional then I would care to admit! There were so many thought provoking topics including trauma, grief, racism, motherhood and more! Carr does an amazing job of portraying all of these topics throughout her work! This book is very compelling and will stay with you even once you close this book!

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Charlene Carr's writing is addictive. I love the themes she creates in her books. This new title was entertaining and thought provoking. I didn't want to put it down! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I can see this being a brilliant choice for book club discussions.

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