
What are these barbaric rituals that pass for social and family life? Who are these fearsome creatures who linger in decaying mansions and at glittery malls, trendy weddings and dinner parties? These are the questions that trouble Simone, a beautiful, smart young Haitian woman...

A Haitian migr 's exposure to shallow suburbanites is "social satire at its slyest and best" from the New York Times-bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). When the heartbroken Simone flees her native Haiti, her best option to start a new life is a...

The author of the award-winning Blue Angel now offers the trenchant, bitingly funny adventures of a Haitian au pair in an eccentric upper-class Hudson Valley household.

What are these barbaric rituals that pass for social and family life? Who are these fearsome creatures who linger in decaying mansions and at glittery malls, trendy weddings and dinner parties? These are the questions that trouble Simone, a beautiful, smart young Haitian woman...