The protagonist of this novel has a therapist named Rena who is a Santeria priestess.
The protagonist of this novel has a therapist named Rena who is a Santeria priestess. A coal salesman in this novel is beaten by a paramilitary officer after stepping on his foot, and is later murdered. This novel begins with its protagonist making a Mother's Day card with a dried daffodil in it for her aunt. The narrator of this novel invents a man named Henry Napoleon to avoid telling her mother that she is in love with her neighbor (*) Joseph, with whom she has a daughter named Brigitte. Several characters in this novel are regularly tested for virginity by their mothers. The narrator's mother Martine is haunted by the rape she suffered as a young woman in the cane fields, and the narrator lives with her mother in New York and with Tante Atie in Haiti. For 10 points, name this novel about Sophie Caco by Edwidge Danticat.
The protagonist of this novel has a therapist named Rena who is a Santeria priestess.
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