02286cam a2200301 4500 419926669 TxAuBib 20200318120000.0 190829s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019038809 9781982117436 HRD 26.00 1982117435 HRD 26.00 TxAuBib Card, Maisy. These ghosts are family [BOOK] : a novel / Maisy Card. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. 271 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm. "These Ghosts are Family centers on Abel and Vera Paisley are a working-class Jamaican couple, striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her children, Irene and Vincent. The effects of Abel's decision reverberate across generations. Ghosts follows the Paisleys over time and across continents, as they wrestle with the burdens of family lore and struggle to forge independent identities. Despite everything, Abel finds a second chance at love. Vincent follows his dream to move toNew York. Irene also moves to New York but realizes you can never fully leave the past behind. Set in the United States and Jamaica, Card's debut incorporates elements of gothic fiction and Jamaican folklore to explore the immigrant experience, as told through the voices of these flawed, memorable characters. In luminous prose that announces the arrival of a new American talent, These Ghosts are Family inspects the weight of long-held secrets, the limits of forgiveness, and the complexities of family ties"-- Provided by publisher. 20200318. Jamaicans Fiction. Families Fiction. Fatherless families Fiction. Grief Fiction. Jamaica Social life and customs Fiction. Gothic fiction. Domestic fiction.