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Primitive people

Fleeing the terrors of her home, a Haitian woman finds that life in America is filled with its own hardshipsSimone has gotten used to living in fear. After years of dictatorship, Haiti has sunk into chaos, and death is ever present. But it isn't the corpse she finds on her doorstep that convinces Simone to flee the island of her birth-it's the night she sees her lover with his arm draped around the shoulder of another. Death is one thing, but she cannot tolerate heartbreak.The assistant to the United States' cultural attaché, Simone is clever enough to get herself a green card. But when she ge.

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  • "Fleeing the terrors of her home, a Haitian woman finds that life in America is filled with its own hardshipsSimone has gotten used to living in fear. After years of dictatorship, Haiti has sunk into chaos, and death is ever present. But it isn't the corpse she finds on her doorstep that convinces Simone to flee the island of her birth-it's the night she sees her lover with his arm draped around the shoulder of another. Death is one thing, but she cannot tolerate heartbreak.The assistant to the United States' cultural attaché, Simone is clever enough to get herself a green card. But when she ge."@en
  • "Young Simone flees the chaotic violence of Haiti only to land in a world no less brutal or bizarre--the world of upstate New York's Porter family. Here, dead sheep swing from trees, light bulbs are ceremoniously buried, a fur-clad mother carves terrifying goddesses from pumice, and learning to lie is the principle rite of passage into adulthood."
  • "Fleeing the terrors of her home, a Haitian woman finds that life in America is filled with its own hardships Simone has gotten used to living in fear. After years of dictatorship, Haiti has sunk into chaos, and death is ever present. But it isn & rsquo;t the corpse she finds on her doorstep that convinces Simone to flee the island of her birth & mdash;it & rsquo;s the night she sees her lover with his arm draped around the shoulder of another. Death is one thing, but she cannot tolerate heartbreak. The assistant to the United States & rsquo; cultural attach & eacute;, Simone is clever enough to get herself a green card. But when she gets to New York, she finds that her smarts cannot guarantee her a job. Accepting a position as a & ldquo;caregiver & rdquo; in a wealthy community upstate, Simone finds herself little more than a glorified nanny to a pair of astonishingly spoiled children. But there is a dark side to her humble new life among the WASPs, and this & eacute;migr & eacute; will find that the rich can be more barbaric than she ever knew."@en

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  • "Black humor (Literature)"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Satire"

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  • "Primitive people"@en
  • "Primitive people"
  • "Primitive People A Novel"@en
  • "Primitive People A Novel"
  • "Des gens primitifs : roman"
  • "Primitive people : a novel"@en

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