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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\n—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n—\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A beautiful reminder that the obstacles we face are not who we are; rather, they make us who we are.”\u003cbr\u003e\n—\u003ci\u003eTulsa Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \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\u003eCaribbean Writer, Smartish Pace, Phoebe, Meridians, 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                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556168913057,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617755927","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617755927.jpg?v=1781807302","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/mouths-dont-speak-paperback-by-katia-d-ulysse","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}