The more I read Danticat, the more I declare her a literary treasure!! My favourite stories in Krik? Krak! were
Children of the Sea
Night Women
Between the Pool and the Gardenias
New York Day Women
Children of the Sea hit me extremely hard (as I type this I'm tearing up). Why? Well besides the tragedy of the story Danticat dragged the fuck out of The Bahamas (as she should though).
"Someone has a transistor and sometimes we listen to radio from the Bahamas. They treat Haitians like dogs in the Bahamas, a woman says. To them, we are not human. Even though their music sounds like ours. Their people look like ours. Even though we have the same African fathers who probably crossed these same seas together."
I couldn't help but reflect on the Xenophobia that continues to pervade our nation as The Bahamas was mentioned in other stories as well. Ignorance is not realizing how much immigrants have helped to build this nation (The Bahamas). To the Haitian community, I see you.

Back to the book - Danticat writes such impactful stories. I teared up for most of them. Weaving together the subtle threads of connection in each of the stories had me gasping when I realized that the characters were connected! I enjoyed that ALOT, it shows Danticat's literary prowess. I could rave and rave but I'll just say this: read the book. Danticat is too good of a writer for you to not be reading her.