What Start Bad a Mornin'

Amaya Lin has few memories of the years before she turned eighteen. Now in her forties, she has compensated by carefully cultivating a satisfying life as a wife, mother, and business professional. Her husband’s law practice is on the brink of major success; her neurodiverse son has grown into an independent adult; and she has come
to terms with her aunt’s dementia. This sense of order is disrupted when she encounters a stranger who claims to have an impossible connection, launching Amaya on a tumultuous journey into the past.
Using three interwoven narratives spanning the US, Trinidad, and Jamaica, Carol Mitchell's debut gives voice to an immigrant woman forced to confront her repressed memories of violent trauma. Originally from the Caribbean, Carol Mitchell now teaches literature and creative writing in Virginia. She regularly writes on Caribbean literature
and has published short stories in various Caribbean journals, four of which have been long-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.