Dionne Brand is a brillant writer. The prose and the poetic way this book was written had me drawn in. The loose POV and switching of places kept my head in a tizzy. I wished the narrative had been tighter. However, I think if it had, the book would have lost its loose prose feeling. I loved the story and the dialect in the book. I'm a huge fan of dialect in books. The hurt and hell these characters went through can be felt throughout every chapter. It was a good read.