Passiontide

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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.

‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN

‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR

‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny and ferociously feminist’ DIANA EVANS

Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.

As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.

In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…


©2024 Monique Roffey (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it

    SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life

  • Beautiful and important… Passiontide is a resounding testament to the rebellious spirit and bravery of Caribbean women. This is an urgent and deeply necessary novel about women reclaiming their own power and future in the face of gender-based violence. Monique Roffey has written a firebrand womanist text, a battle cry, a rousing vision of change for a better, possible world. By the end of this book, I was ready to join the revolution

    SAFIYA SINCLAIR, author of How to Say Babylon

  • A tour de force Caribbean novel of female revolution that will keep you reading all hours… Roffey weaves a tale that is both deeply personal and universally resonant… A compelling and unforgettable read

    Glamour, Best Books of June

  • A vital novel…fiery, funny and ferociously feminist

    DIANA EVANS, author of Ordinary People

  • Passiontide has scale, politics and power – a thrilling read, I loved it

    SADIE JONES, author of The Outcast

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