4 discussion questions

1. What is the purpose of author anonymizing characters’ names? How does it affect to the stories?

2. What is the general theme throughout the whole stories? How does it explain the historic background of Haiti and gender roles?

3. Why does the author put epilogue at the end of the stories? How does it explain about author herself?

4. Throughout the book, women take big part of the stories. How does the author express about women and their relationships with family?