Danticat´s groundbreaking debut novel with a new introduction from Bernardine Evaristo
Edwidge Danticat´s groundbreaking debut, with new introduction from Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo.
An Oprah Book Club ѕelection
´A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time´ Sunday Times
´A novel that rewards the reader again and again with small but exquisite and unforgettable epiphanies´ Washington Post
´Extraordinarily successful´ New York Times Book Review
´A first novel of precious humanity´ Independent
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti - to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence.
In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti - and the enduring strength of Haiti´s women - with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people´s suffering and courage.