Preety Sidhu, an intern at Electric Literature, tagged eight books that will make you glad you’re not at the beach, including:
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
30-year-old Margot works as a desk clerk at a Jamaican beach resort frequented by wealthy white tourists. Pimped out by her abusive mother at a young age, she now has sex on the side with white men who visit the island looking for poor women to exploit. While she does this to pay her younger sister’s tuition at a private school, her romantic inclinations tend toward a wealthy local lesbian who has been branded a witch by their village.
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--Marshal Zeringue
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