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In four sections—Childhood, First-Generation, Migration, and Return—the contributors for this anthology create strongly, usually hauntingly, of the lives in Haiti and america. Jean-Robert Cadet's explanation of his Haitian youth like a restavec—a kid slave—in Port-au-Prince contrasts with Dany Laferriere's consideration of the five-year-old son and his beloved grandma in Petit-Gove. We study of Marie-Helene Laforestis conclusion that while she was bright in Haiti, while in the Usa she's dark. Patricia Benoit informs us of the Haitian woman refugee in a detention centre that has an easy requirement for a reddish dress—dignity.