num_pages: 352
description: When vibrant, bright, and fiercely independent Lana Landing takes her own life, her sister Jean follows her instincts to flee to America and escape the pending state of emergency of her Jamaican home in 1981. A first novel. Reprint.
language: English
title: The True History of Paradise
titlecomplete: The True History of Paradise
genres: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 429
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Plume