What Start Bad a Mornin’

DEBUT Short story author Mitchell’s adult fiction debut moves deftly between past and present to create an engrossing story of the challenges of immigration, consequences of choices made, and revelations of memories. Over 20 years after immigrating to America, Amaya Lin and her husband Brian have created a comfortable and successful life. A childhood tragedy caused Amaya to remember little of her formative years in Jamaica other than living with her Aunt Marjorie. This lack of family history has been a point of contention with her husband and his family. When Amaya is approached by a woman claiming to be her younger sister, Amaya’s history of occasional blackouts increases and threaten to disrupt her orderly routine of managing the office at her husband’s law firm and caring for their adult son Taiwo and her elderly aunt. Working with a psychiatrist to recover her forgotten memories, Amaya confronts secrets that threaten to tear her and her family’s world apart.