Creatures of Passage it is not because I

it is not because I stopped waiting

Nadya and Abby - who must each find a way to accept and yet move past their parents' failed example

these and other sunny images are all they know about life in the Caribbean

showing how empire

by heritage and experience

Creatures of Passage it is not because ILonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022. Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying ill fated passengers in a haunted car: a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great nephew, ten year old