Overview
A bold, witty, magical new voice in fiction, Justin Haynes weaves a cross-generational Caribbean story of migration, superstition, and a search for family in the novelĀ Ibis.
There is bad luck in New Felicity. The people of the small coastal village have taken in Milagros, an 11-year-old Venezuelan refugee, just as Trinidadās government has begun cracking down on undocumented migrantsāand now an American journalist has come to town asking questions.
New Felicityās superstitious fishermen fear the worst, certain theyāve brought bad luck on the village by killing a local witch who had herself murdered two villagers the year before. The town has been plagued since her death by alarming visits from her supernatural mother, as well as by a mysterious profusion of scarlet ibis birds.
Skittish that the reporterās story will bring down the wrath of the ministry of national security, the fishermen take things into their own hands. From there, we go backward and forward in timeāfrom the townās early days, when it was the site of a sugar plantation, to Milagrosās adulthood as she searches for her mother across the Americas. In between, through the voices of a chorus of narrators, we glimpse moments from various villagersā lives, each one setting into motion events that will reverberate outwards across the novel and shape Milagrosās fate.
With kinetic, absorbing language and a powerful sense of voice, Ibis meditates on the bond between mothers and daughters, both highlighting the migrant crisis that troubles the contemporary world and offering a moving exploration of how to square where we come from with who we become.
This book title, Ibis (A Novel), ISBN: 9781419772771, by Justin Haynes, published by The Overlook Press (February 11, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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