2012 Longlist
The Last Warner Woman
ABOUT
THE BOOK
When Adamine grows up she discovers she has the gift of ‘warning’: the power to both protect and terrify. But no one tells her that in England her prophecies of hurricanes and earthquakes will meet with a different kind of fear. Now Adamine wants to tell her story. But she must wrestle for the truth with ‘Mr Writer Man’, for he is taking her words and twisting them
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Miller uses a combination of comedy and realism to produce another compelling must-read novel. We are taken into the psyche of Jamaican, Adamine, who migrates to England where she tries to use her gift of “warning” and who becomes confined to a mental institution.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
Jamaica
Original Language
English
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Nominating Library