Sophie was brought up by her aunt in Haiti. When she is reunited with her mother in America they both carry many memories and secrets from their homeland. "Stuffed with folk wisdom and seasoned with urban angst" "Sunday Times"

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 under the dicatatorial Duvalier regime. Her award-winning short stories, was nominated for the 1995 National Book Award. She has been chosen as one of the New Yorker magazine's '20 Young Writers for the 21st Century.