{"product_id":"mouths-dont-speak-9781617755927","title":"Mouths Don't Speak","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617755927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katia D. Ulysse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798416457909,"sku":"9781617755927","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7a696522-462f-4d6d-92a9-0df6a6fd50fc.jpg?v=1758638475","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mouths-dont-speak-9781617755927","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}