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A House for Miss Pauline
Diana McCaulay
Publication Date: February 25th, 2025
Algonquin Books
320 Pages
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Genres: General Fiction | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
I loved this book. This is a story of an elderly woman wanting to put things right before she dies and it was so authentic. It takes place in Jamaica and the author uses the local dialect a lot. It took a couple of chapters for me to get used to it but I found that it really helped for an immersive reading experience.
I loved our titular character, who is almost 100 years old. Miss Pauline was such a formidable woman, building her own house as well as growing and selling her ganja to help raise her family. Nothing in life came easy to her but she has the strength to fight for herself and her loved ones. We are told about Miss Pauline’s early life and what clearly made her who she is.
There are many amazing characters in this book and every single one of them was wonderfully drawn. The beautiful writing took me away, the seamless narrative wove the past and present together and I loved the character-building. Miss Pauline and also learns to make a new friend in 15-year-old Lamont and I was enamoured with this budding relationship. This is a story I won’t soon forget.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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