The stories take place in Port-au-Prince or Ville Rose, Haiti, or New York, but they do not overlap. The only exception is “Between the Pool and the Gardenias,” which mentions women from earlier stories. All the stories are all about Haitian women trying to understand their relationships to their families and to Haiti. The epilogue, “Women Like Us,” suggests that these women are related. The epilogue’s unnamed narrator notices her similarity to her mother and female ancestors. These women cook to express sorrow, but the narrator chooses to write. Her mother doesn’t approve because Haitian writers are often killed. However, the narrator’s female ancestors are united in death, and she uses stories to keep their history alive.

Author: Edwige Danticat

ISBN: 9781616957001

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