ARGONAUT BOOKS

This evocative story is told through the eyes of Sophie, who was raised by her aunt when her mother left Haiti to find work in America. The author draws on the rich landscape of memory of the folklore and violent politics of Haiti. Reviews Danticat's calm clarity of vision takes on the resonance of folk art. In the end, her book achieves an emotional complexity that lifts it out of the realm of the potboiler and into that of poetry. The tale is lovingly dominated by powerful female characters who struggle to make better lives for themselves and their families . . . extra...Read More