{"product_id":"we-rip-the-world-apart-paperback","title":"We Rip the World Apart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlene Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHold My Girl \u003c\/em\u003ecomes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhood, race, and secrets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 24-year-old Kareela discovers she's pregnant with a child she isn't sure she wants, her struggle to understand her place in the world as a person who is half-Black, half-white--yet feels neither--is amplified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer mother, Evelyn, fled to Canada with her husband and their first-born child during the politically charged Jamaican exodus in the 1980s, only to realize they'd come to a place where Black men are viewed with suspicion--a constant and pernicious reality Evelyn watches her husband and son navigate daily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, in the aftermath of her son's murder by the police, Evelyn's mother-in-law, Violet, moves in, offering young Kareela a link to the Jamaican heritage she had never fully known. Despite Violet's efforts to help them through their grief, the traumas they carry grow into a web of secrets that threatens the very family they all hold so dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the present day, Kareela, prompted by fear and uncertainty about the new life she carries, must come to terms with the mysteries surrounding her family's past and the need to make sense of both her identity and her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving the women's stories across multiple timelines, \u003cem\u003eWe Rip the World Apart \u003c\/em\u003ereveals the ways that simple choices, made in the heat of the moment and with the best of intentions, can have dee and lasting repercussions--especially when people remain stay silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379208515686,"sku":"9781464231087","price":25.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Wqkz5Vi9zl9781464231087.webp?v=1768918078","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/we-rip-the-world-apart-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}