"An arresting account of the contemporary Haitian-American experience."—Publishers Weekly"This novel in short stories will appeal to readers of literary and Caribbean fiction."—Library Journal"Ulysse displaces and redeems her characters with formidable skill, while her precise cuts through all preconceptions....Intense and necessary."—Booklist"Humanity is lost and found in these stories...Ulysse has created a fascinating world of class and cultural distinctions; her stories are engaging."—Kirkus Reviews"Assimilating qualities of Danticat and Alvarez, Ulysse paints a variegated literary tableau, more sociological than psychological or historical, that translates into fiction the reality, as well as the fragility and vivacity, of life for young Haitian American women of few means."—World Literature Today"Powerful, piercing and...