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Ayiti draws our attention to immigrant experiences not represented in the nightly news and is a visceral reminder that we are better than our current circumstances - that change is possible. Reading Gay’s work, holding it in our hands, can transport us from feelings of hopelessness to a place of empowerment. With daily reports of two-year-olds forcibly removed from their asylum-seeking parents at the Texas border, it is easy to feel disheartened and utterly powerless, to feel that our country has been handed to the devil himself. Readers will find her powerful first book difficult to put down. Dismantling the glib misconceptions of her complex ancestral home, Gay cuts and thrills. Highly dimensioned characters and unforgettable moments. Financial Times, Best Books of 2018: Fiction The US was once a yearned-for destination, but the reality of life there often doesn’t live up to expectations, as we see through the perspectives of a bullied 14-year-old, a student mocked about voodoo, and a man trying to make it in Miami. Drawing on her own experience, Gay’s emotionally powerful stories examine the complexities of Haitian identity, and what it means to be a Haitian in America.