Primitive people

Description

Young Simone flees the chaotic violence of Haiti only to land in a world no less brutal or bizarre--the world of upstate New York's Porter family. Here, dead sheep swing from trees, light bulbs are ceremoniously buried, a fur-clad mother carves terrifying goddesses from pumice, and learning to lie is the principle rite of passage into adulthood.

Subjects

Women sculptors Au pairs Black humor (Literature) Fiction Illegal aliens Haitians Young women Children of the rich New york (state), fiction Fiction, general Illegal immigration Noncitizens

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