Ebook: Ayiti

Clever and haunting by turns, Ayiti explores the Haitian diaspora experience. A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood.;Motherfuckers -- About my Father's accent -- Voodoo child -- There is no "E" in Zombi, Which -- Means there can be no you or we -- Sweet on the tongue -- Cheap, fast, filling -- In the manner of water or light -- Lacrimosa -- The harder they come -- All things being relative -- Gracias Nicaragua y Lo Sentimos -- The Dirt We Do Not Eat -- What You Need to Know About a Haitian Woman -- Of Ghosts and Shadows -- A Cool, Dry Place.