{"product_id":"ever-since-we-small-celeste-mohammed","title":"Ever Since We Small \/\/\/ Celeste Mohammed \/\/\/ new","description":"\u003cp\u003eCeleste Mohammed’s second novel-in-stories,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEver Since We Small\u003c\/i\u003e, is a family saga which covers a sweeping landscape from the days of the British Raj in India, to multicultural modern Trinidad. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in a blend of Standard English and several flavours of Trinidad kriol, the book follows the bloodline of a young woman, Jayanti, after her decision to become a girmitiya, an indentured labourer in the Caribbean. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJayanti’s grandson, Lall Gopaul, seeks to escape the rural village where he was born, but becomes seduced and corrupted by urban life. His son, Shiva, is forced to take a child-bride, Salma, but never recovers from the guilt. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartache follows for their three children - Anand, Nadya and Abby - who must each find a way to accept and yet move past their parents' failed example. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the journey of these ten interconnected stories, the alchemy necessary to turn the Gopauls’ inheritance of pain into a “generation of gold” requires intervention by the living and dead, the “real” and the mythical, the mundane and the magical, the secular and the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBIO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCeleste Mohammed\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Trinidadian lawyer-turned-writer and the author of “Pleasantview” which won the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the UK Society of Authors McKitterick Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mohammed beautifully captures the rhythm and music of Trinidadian patois…Readers will be deeply affected.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Drawing upon both historical realities and folkloric tradition, \u003cem\u003eEver Since We Smal\u003c\/em\u003el is a compelling novel built on a tapestry of fractured legacies and spectacular resilience.” -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Celeste Mohammed’s sophomore offering, \u003cem\u003eEver Since We Small\u003c\/em\u003e, is an astonishing accomplishment. This slender, yet epic tale spans generations of an Indo-Trinidadian family and serves as a timely indictment of the legacy of colonialism in the Caribbean. It is a critical and necessary book for those interested in understanding how the past wrestles with our present moment, and why hope is our most transcendental inheritance.” \u003cstrong\u003e-- Cleyvis Natera, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eNeruda on the Park\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Grand Paloma Resort \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEver Since We Small\u003c\/em\u003e raises powerful nuanced questions: What does it mean to carry forward the memory of a people? Where does duty end and desire begin? And how do women shape their own lives in the shadows of history? This is a book about many things, foremost among them a tale of lives bound by blood and silence, a story that unearths the emotional aftermath of tragedies, threading it with the intimate, often unspoken realities of motherhood, longing, and survival. A sweeping, necessary novel on what it means to be human.” \u003cstrong\u003e-- Krystal A. Sital, author of \u003cem\u003eSecrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[P]  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIg Publishing  \/  January 13, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e0.8\" H x 8.2\" L x 5.4\" W (0.75 lbs) 224 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44917570928816,"sku":"9781632461766","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/3832\/9776\/files\/EVER_SINCE_WE_SMALL_60e7c558-1ccf-4d7d-84cb-5e442972a29d.jpg?v=1768342111","url":"https:\/\/checkout.bembrooklyn.com\/products\/ever-since-we-small-celeste-mohammed","provider":"BEM | books \u0026 more (Online)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}