At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring strength of Haiti's women--with a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage.  At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti--to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence, in a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people.

埃德温吉-丹蒂卡（Edwidge Danticat）年纪轻轻就成为我们最著名的新小说家之一，这位作家用生动的想象力和优雅的叙述方式唤起了她家乡海地的奇迹、恐怖和心痛，以及海地妇女的持久力量，见证了她的人民的痛苦和勇气。 12岁时，苏菲-卡科从她贫穷的克鲁瓦-德-罗塞特村被送到纽约，与她几乎不记得的母亲团聚。在那里，她发现了任何孩子都不应该知道的秘密，以及只有当她回到海地--回到最初养育她的女人身边时才能治愈的耻辱的遗产。随之而来的是一个充满激情的旅程，穿越一个充满超自然现象和政治暴力的景观，在这部小说中，她见证了整个民族的传统、痛苦和智慧。