Description

In 1940s Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendshipuntil a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After Fran?is Duvaliers rule turns deadly in the 1950s, Sisi moves to Paris, while Gertie marries into a wealthy Dominican family. Across decades and continents, through personal success and failures, they are parted and reunited, slowly learning the truth of their singular relationship. Finally, six decades later, with both women in the United States, a sudden phone call brings them back together once more to reckon with andperhapsforgive the past.

Told with power and frankness, Village Weavers confronts the silences around class, race, and nationality, charts the moments when lives are irrevocably forced apart, and envisions two girlsconnected their entire liveswho try to break inherited cycles of mistrust and find ways back into each others hearts.

Author: Myriam Ja Chancy
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781959030379
Language: English