Aimee recommended this to me months ago and I bought it back in the spring but just finally picked it up. God, what a heart-wrenching story set against the very real and disturbing 1937 Parsley Massacre in the Dominican Republic where tens of thousands of Haitians were slaughtered. Almost missed my subway stop a few mornings this week, that’s how intense it gets. Something about a compelling narrative that localized and colored in an historical event I knew nothing about–I just couldn’t put it down until I had read through and knew. And the knowing at the end will haunt you.