# Ayiti

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- Book: [Ayiti](https://www.bookquiver.com/roxane-gay/ayiti) ([Ayiti.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/roxane-gay/ayiti.md))
- Authors: [Roxane Gay](https://www.bookquiver.com/roxane-gay)
- Publisher: corsair
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7215-416-3
- Published: 2018-06-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'These early stories showcase Gay's prowess as one of the voices of our age' National Post, Canada From New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, Ayiti is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. In Ayiti, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman procures a voodoo love potion to ensnare a childhood classmate. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood.