Overview
Region
Caribbean
Haiti
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Sophie Caco, raised in Haiti, joins her mother in New York at twelve. The novel explores trauma, the body, Haitian traditions of female testing, and the possibilities of healing across generations and between two worlds.
Literary Significance
Danticat's debut; an Oprah's Book Club selection; the most widely read Haitian novel in English