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emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This slim Haitian book transcends genres.
You’ll be pulled in with vivid imagery, meeting our unnamed narrator in a Miami airport. You’ll travel through her mind via a stream of consciousness, with glimpses into a poetic and emotional story about the women in her family. You’ll see grief, loss, suffocating silence, servitude, dreams, coffee, different paths taken, exile, the push and pull of home. You’ll realize this isn’t a straightforward story, but you’ll feel its power nonetheless.
When you close the final page, you’ll wrap your hands around a warm mug of coffee and send gratitude to the universe for the journey its pages brought.
You’ll be pulled in with vivid imagery, meeting our unnamed narrator in a Miami airport. You’ll travel through her mind via a stream of consciousness, with glimpses into a poetic and emotional story about the women in her family. You’ll see grief, loss, suffocating silence, servitude, dreams, coffee, different paths taken, exile, the push and pull of home. You’ll realize this isn’t a straightforward story, but you’ll feel its power nonetheless.
When you close the final page, you’ll wrap your hands around a warm mug of coffee and send gratitude to the universe for the journey its pages brought.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, and Death
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