Remembrance

"Rita Woods’ debut Remembrance is an ambitious and absorbing novel. Gaelle, a Haitian refugee, is a nurse’s aide at the Stillwater Care Facility in present-day Cleveland. Back in 1857, Margot and her younger sister Veronique are slaves, and slaveowner Mistress Catherine promises to free the two girls. And in 1791 Haiti – then called Saint-Domingue – Abigail is a devoted mother and wife owned by Monsieur Rousse. Remembrance is a complex but memorable story of loss and survival told across two centuries by four women, united by skin color and the supernatural powers they command."