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.