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How The One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
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How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is a literary fiction book written by Barbadian attorney and writer Cherie Jones. It was published on January 5, 2021 and was chosen for the Good Morning America monthly book club in February of 2021. The book has also won the Archie Markham Award, the A.M. Heath Prize, and was short-listed for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Loosely based on the author’s experiences, the novel deals with abusive relationships, marriage, and life in Barbados. The novel follows two stories, a beautiful beach paradise, and the truth that lies beneath it all.

Biographical background:

Cherie S. A. Jones was born in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1974. Jones received her LLB in 1995 from the University of the West Indies, In 1997 she received a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School in St. Augustine, Trinidad. After being admitted to the Bar in October in 1997, Cherie became a lawyer in Barbados. In 1999, her story “Bride” won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Later she graduated from the Master of Arts writing programming in 2015 at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom, after having won both the Archie Markham Award and the A. M. Health Prize for the best fiction dissertation for Water for the End of the World.. In March 2015, she was given a full fellowship from the Vermont Studio Centre. She is getting a PhD in creative writing. Cherie has written four books; Walking Side by Side: Devotions for Pilgrims (1998), The burning bush women and other stories (2004), The Inner Voice: God Is Calling You (2006),  How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (2021). In addition to being a writer, Jones works as a lawyer and is a single mother of 4 children. She carries a strong emphasis on the importance of self within a community and family. She wants others to acknowledge that everything is not black and white, and there are systemic problems that challenge us in every facet of our lives.