Rise Up, Sista: a novel about female friendship and the power of music

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Set in the UK and Jamaica, Rise Up, Sista is a story about female friendship and the power of music to change individual lives and popular culture that spans over fifty years. Mercy Mae Williams, a Jamaican reggae artist, and Annabelle Sinclair, a British rocker, meet as young women in London in 1963. It's a heady era-cultural revolution and fresh musical genres explode on both sides of the Atlantic.