{"product_id":"mouths-dont-speak-paperback","title":"Mouths Don't Speak - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatia D. Ulysse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonorable Mention in the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Long List!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating portrait of a woman plagued with worry about family and homeland, this beautifully written novel recalls Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful . . . As Ulysse explores grief, she moves beyond her protagonist to consider the murky motivations and emotions of other characters. This is a harrowing, thoughtful dive into the aftermath of national and personal tragedies filtered through diasporic life.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ulysse gives readers a riveting story of a woman who is trying to make sense of a homescape that, if not wholly disappeared, is irrevocably altered.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful reminder that the obstacles we face are not who we are; rather, they make us who we are.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eTulsa Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one was prepared for the massive earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, taking over a quarter-million lives, and leaving millions of others homeless. Three thousand miles away, Jacqueline Florestant mourns the presumed death of her parents, while her husband, a former US Marine and combat veteran, cares for their three-year-old daughter as he fights his own battles with acute PTSD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorrified and guilt-ridden, Jacqueline returns to Haiti in search of the proverbial \"closure.\" Unfortunately, the Haiti she left as a child twenty-five years earlier has disappeared. Her quest turns into a tornado of deception, desperation, and more death. So Jacqueline holds tightly to her daughter--the only one who must not die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatia D. Ulysse\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiction writer, born in Haiti. Her short stories, essays, and Pushcart Prize-nominated poetry appear in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Caribbean Writer, Smartish Pace, Phoebe, Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism; Mozayik, The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHaiti Noir, \u003c\/i\u003e edited by Edwidge Danticat. She has taught in Baltimore public schools for thirteen years, and served as Goucher College's Spring 2017 Kratz Writer in Residence. \u003ci\u003eDrifting, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of short stories, drew high praise from literary critics. She is currently at work on another short story collection. \u003ci\u003eMouths Don't Speak\u003c\/i\u003e is her latest novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247514042617,"sku":"9781617755927","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4Z4JooPMSE9781617755927.webp?v=1768626601","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mouths-dont-speak-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}