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The humorous and heart-wrenching story of a woman's re-entry into life on the outside after twenty years in incarceration, told over one whirlwind Fourth of July weekend.

"There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian heroine - no, star - of the second novel by Hannaham."
-THE OBSERVER

When Carlotta Me

Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents' stories. After bonding with Hélène, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Hélène to relive her memories of love and war

Feminist tales from Japan that blend humour, surrealism, and sharp societal critique, by the acclaimed author of Where the Wild Ladies Are

"High stakes, subversive literature."-The Telegraph

Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his teenage daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As her desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioni

In the cold of night, she tends to the women.
In the light of day, she delivers them justice.

'Lawhon works storytelling magic with a real-life heroine' People Magazine

'The narrator of Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River is an