Come Let Us Sing Anyway
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| Author | Leone Ross |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Peepal Tree Press |
Publication date | 2017 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| ISBN | 9781845233341 |
Come Let Us Sing Anyway, also known as Come Let Us Sing Anyway and other short stories, is a 2017 collection of stories by British author Leone Ross.[1] The volume marks the first time that her short stories have been collected together.
The twenty-three stories collected predominantly focus on Jamaican women or women of Jamaican ancestry. Stories in the collection include:
- “Drag”
- “Art for ****’s Sake”
- “And You Know This”
- “Breathing”
- “The Woman Who Lived in a Restaurant”
- “The Heart Has No Bones”
- "Love Silk Food"
- "Velvet Man”
- “What He Is”
- “Phone Call to a London Rape Crisis Centre”
- “The Mullerian Eminence”
- “Roll it”
- “Breakfast time”
- “President Daisy”
- “Covenant”
- “Mudman”
Themes
The stories in Come Let Us Sing Anyway feature a variety of themes that include pain, love, and beauty.[2]
