What Start Bad a Mornin, Carol Mitchell
What Start Bad a Mornin, Carol Mitchell
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What Start Bad a Mornin'

Author: Carol Mitchell

Narrator: Kaci Hamilton

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

"What start bad a mornin', cyan end good a evenin'."—Jamaican proverb

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, however, 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 United States, Trinidad, and Jamaica, Carol Mitchell's debut gives voice to an immigrant woman forced to confront her repressed memories of violent trauma. Only then can she discover what she is capable of when it comes to self-preservation
and the protection of her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on May 01, 2023

A debut novel that you won’t want to put down! In Carol Mitchell What Start Bad a Mornin' we are taken to Jamaican, USA and Trinidad and Tobago through the point of view of Amaya Lin. Amaya Lin is in her forties, and is living a successful life, working at her husband’s law firm. They live comfor......more

Goodreads review by Kim on October 31, 2023

What Start Bad a Mornin' is a thoroughly enjoyable and deeply moving novel about a Jamaican-American woman facing the ghosts of her past. Amaya Lin is a successful businesswoman, working at as an integral part of her husband's law practice. She is also a devoted mother to her neurodivergent adult son......more

Goodreads review by aishareadsnrambles on September 14, 2023

REVIEW Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for this ARC. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 🇯🇲🇯🇲 I knew this book was going to be good when I read the synopsis. It was a very easy read, I kept on reading it steadily. At first, I was ju......more

Goodreads review by Anar on December 15, 2024

What a phenomenal book! Mitchell’s book weaves together family, loss, and mystery beautifully in the story of Amaya, a Jamaican immigrant in Washington DC whose world shifts one day after an encounter in a parking lot.......more

Goodreads review by Njoki on January 26, 2024

I have read this book so slowly.......more