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New York: Soho Press, 1995. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in black DJ; 224 p; 21 cm. Double DJs protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear & single spot to spine head & foot, else fine. Hardcover. ISBN: 1569470251

Ten stories on life in Haiti. In A Wall of Fire Rising, an unemployed worker dreams of escaping to America in a balloon, while in Caroline's Wedding, a woman gives her daughters red underwear to wear as protection from sexual advances by the spirit of their dead father. By the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory. --WorldCat. Contents: Children of the sea -- Nineteen thirty-seven -- A wall of fire rising -- Night women -- Between the pool and the gardenias -- The missing peace -- Seeing things simply -- New York day women -- Caroline's wedding -- Epilogue: Women like us. Fiction; Short Stories; Women.