A coming-of-age story about Jamaican Canadian identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life’s pleasures after loss.
After the mysterious death of her twin sister, Jade Brown, a twenty-four-year-old first-generation Jamaican woman living in Toronto, must find a way to pick up the pieces and discover who she is without her other half.
Grappling with her grief, Jade seeks solace in lovers and friends during an array of hilarious and heartbreaking adventures. As she investigates some of life’s most frustrating paradoxes, she holds tight to old friends and her ex-girlfriend, lifelines between past and present. On the journey to turning twenty-five, she finally sees that she belongs to herself, and goes about the business of reclaiming that self.
Through a series of whirlwind love affairs, parties, and trips abroad, Jade stumbles toward relinquishing the weight of her trauma as she fully comes into her own as a young Black woman and writer.
Interviews
We're excited to speak with Tanya today about Jade is a Twisted Green and how a project ten years in the making came to be. She tells us about the very moment (to the minute!) that the book first began for her, why the north-west Toronto setting of the book was absolutely essential, and shares the heartbreaking personal losses that informed the writing of Jade is a Twisted Green…
Reviews
Tender and heartfelt, Jade is a Twisted Green is a meditation on finding yourself and love after unimaginable grief. Told from the rich, unique vibrance of Toronto's Caribbean diaspora, Tanya Turton gifts us with a tale that is bold, meaningful and moving. A sparkling debut novel. - Junauda Petrus-Nasah, Author of The Stars and The Blackness Between them
“A deliciously queer narrative, Turton’s storytelling perfectly captures the kinetic energy of Toronto while delivering a coming-of-age journey that hits you in the gut.” — Natasha Negovanlis, actress
“Jade Is a Twisted Green is full of everything I love most: note-perfect dialogue, unforgettable voice and some of the most beautifully observed, sensory descriptions of Toronto since Dionne Brand's What We All Long For or Catherine Hernandez's Scarborough. A gorgeous, insightful look into queer relationships and identity, cultural expectations, and complex family relationships. Tanya Turton is a powerful, incredible talent.” — Danila Botha, author of For All The Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known
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