"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their...

"This Book Presents A Rich Global Take On Language Practice In Haiti And The Haitian Diaspora, Especially In North America. The Contributors, Most Of Them Established Haitian Scholars, Present Informative Perspectives On The Colonial And Postcolonial History Of Haiti (Focusing On The Contacts Of Populations And Of Their Languages, As Well As On The Consequences Of The Gradual Demise Of Its Formal Economy Since The Haitian Revolution). They Also Explore...