Cherie Jones is a Barbadian attorney and writer. Her debut novel, ''How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House'', was short-listed for the 2021

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Biography

Cherie Jones was born in 1974. After receiving her

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from the

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in 1995, she was admitted to the Bar in Barbados in 1997. She graduated in 2015 from the

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writing program at

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and is currently pursuing a PhD in creative writing. In addition to her writing, she works as the general counsel for a government agency in Barbados. ''How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House'' was chosen as for the

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monthly book club in February 2021. Jones is a single mother of four children and has spoken openly about being a survivor of

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. In addition to her novel, she also authored the short story collection, ''The Burning Bush Women & Other Stories'', published in 2004.

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