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Erzulie's Skirt.(Book review)
ERZULIE'S SKIRT
By Ana-Maurine Lara
Red Bone Press, 276 pages
www.redbonepress.com
DOMINICANS AND HAITIANS SHARE A LONG HISTORY, one painfully marked by the brutal 1937 massacre when almost 30,000 Haitians were murdered on the orders of Dominican dictator Trujillo. But the relationship has also been intertwined along the lines of solidarity and love, and in her debut novel, Ana-Maurine Lara treats readers to the lives of two women shaped by that history, by the religion of vudu and finally by their love for each other.
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Lara's writing is lyrical as she describes the birth of Miriam, whose Haitian mother lost six children in the 1937 massacre and now reluctantly promises her daughter to Chango, the god of rain and thunder. Years later, Miriam--all grown up and with a young son of her own--sets off on a small, rickety boat with her lover, Micaela, for the United States. What the two women find, however, is a nightmare, and they undertake a long journey back home to create a life on their own terms.
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