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. . . . Perhaps Haiti, too, is a beautiful princess, well-versed in the vagaries of men, still searching for a happily ever after.” —Holly Bass, The New York Times Book Review

“Poignant . . . . . . . I saw this, a book of short stories, two new, the others rereleased and thought I'd try once again. . .

Reading Gay’s work, holding it in our hands, can transport us from feelings of hopelessness to a place of empowerment. Each time I could not handle the in your face realism, brutality that her writing evokes. . Its [Haiti’s] better scribes, among them Edwidge Danticat, Franketienne, Madison Smartt Bell, Lyonel Trouillot, and Marie Vieux Chauvet, have produced some of the best literature in the world.

It is written at a pace that will match your racing heart.”—Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light

“A gripping psychological portrait of how trauma remakes the body to respond only to itself . . . Maybe a little fearless myself.