[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Donna Hemans’s The House of Plain Truth was published by Zibby Books in January 2024. A BookBub review calls it “a captivating tale about the legacy of colonialism and the rippling effects of grief.”
Description: With news of her father’s passing, Pearline abruptly leaves her daughter and grandchildren behind in Brooklyn to return to her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn’t prepared for her father’s puzzling deathbed wish that she find her siblings—whom she hasn’t seen in 60 years—and discover the secret that tore her family apart.
Moving through time and place, from Cuba to Montego Bay and from Brooklyn to Havana, The House of Plain Truth traces Pearline’s reconciliation of what she thought she knew about her family and the truth of their origin.
Inspired by the author’s own family story, this delicate, incisive novel explores the divided loyalties within a family, the true meaning of home, and what one woman must sacrifice to finally get what she wants.
Donna Hemans is the author of the novels River Woman and Tea by the Sea. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Slice, Shenandoah, Electric Literature, Ms. Magazine and Crab Orchard Review. She received her undergraduate degree in English and Media Studies from Fordham University and an MFA from American University. She lives in Maryland and is the owner of DC Writers Room, a co-working studio for writers.
The House of Plain Truth
Donna Hemans
Zibby Books, January 2024
288 pages
ISBN 978-1958506073 (pb)
For more information, see https://zibbymedia.com/blogs/our-books/the-house-of-plain-truth
Also see Kirkus Reviews https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donna-hemans/the-house-of-plain-truth and Publishers Weekly https://www.publishersweekly.com/9798986241814
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Donna Hemans’s The House of Plain Truth was published by Zibby Books in January 2024. A BookBub review calls it “a captivating tale about the legacy of colonialism and the rippling effects of grief.” Description: With news of her father’s passing, Pearline abruptly
