Book Soup presents Carol Mitchell discussing What Start a Bad Mornin’

Meet the author of What Start Bad a Mornin' at Book Soup. Discuss the book and purchase your signed copy. Feel free to come and bring a friend even if this shows as sold out!

Select Reviews:

"... an engaging and life-affirming read." - Booklist (American Library Association) Review

"With luminous prose, Carol Mitchell tells the story of every Caribbean immigrant, indeed any immigrant, who has had to remake a life..." - Elizabeth Nunez

"What Start a Bad Mornin’ is a breathtaking novel." - Cleyvis Natera

"... a story that has well-constructed characters, several unexpected twists, and keeps reader's attention." - Midwest Book Review

About the book:

"What start bad a mornin', cyan end good a evenin'." -- Jamaican proverb

Amaya Lin has few memories of the years before she turned eighteen. Now in her forties, she has compensated by carefully cultivating a satisfying life as a wife, mother, and business professional. Her husband's law practice is on the brink of major success; her neurodiverse son has grown into an independent adult; and she has come to terms with her aunt's dementia. This sense of order is disrupted, however, when she encounters a stranger who claims to have an impossible connection, launching Amaya on a tumultuous journey into the past.

Using three interwoven narratives spanning the United States, Trinidad, and Jamaica, Carol Mitchell's debut gives voice to an immigrant woman forced to confront her repressed memories of violent trauma. Only then can she discover what she is capable of when it comes to self-preservation and the protection of her family (Central Avenue Publishing, 2023; distributed by Simon & Schuster).

Host or Publisher Carol Mitchell