Passiontide

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Passiontide by Monique Roffey takes place in Trinidad after a young female steelpan player's body is found under a canon tree, sparking a revolution.

What We Say: “Violence against women is a global issue, but Passiontide imagines a feminist reckoning in the wake of one woman’s murder on the fictional Caribbean island of St Colibri. Through the shifting perspectives of a sweeping cast of characters – Sharleen the journalist, Tara the activist, Gigi the sex worker and Daisy the First Lady – Roffey masters the building sense of tension and scale as the women’s protest gathers strength. Can their courage force real change?” – Katie Teehan

What They Say: “An extraordinary exploration of the magical possibilities of collective action, and pulsates with the rebel spirit of women. Activists, sex-workers and obeah women occupy the pages of this brilliantly told narrative of struggle and uprising – which is also a subtle and shape-shifting call to arms” — Hannah Lowe

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Katie Teehan is Editorial Director at Service95