Caribbean
Haiti
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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
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editorial-summarynot primary textSophie 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. Danticat's debut; an Oprah's Book Club selection; the most widely read Haitian novel in English
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