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320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349111636
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Abacus
Publication date: Not specified
Description
It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-cl...
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320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780349111636
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Abacus
Publication date: Not specified
Description
It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-cl...