The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking
debut, now an established classic--revised and with a new introduction
by the author, and including extensive bonus materials
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.