Bitter Melon

The second novel from the founder of gal-dem, following a debut, Rosewater, that won admirers in Coco Mellors and Bernardine Evaristo. Jalissa is not close to her father, but when he invites her to his homeland, Jamaica, she agrees to go. She is running from heartbreak; he is running out of time. As they travel the island and its knotted family history, the silences between them begin to loosen. Set between London, Leeds and Jamaica, this is a moving, clear-eyed story about mortality and the complex love between a father and daughter. Dialogue is planning a major PR and event campaign.