Four women from Haiti, St. Thomas, and Guam meet at a college counseling session for first-year students and learn they have a shared history of abuse. Dubbing themselves the "island sisters," their unyielding friendship is their touchstone across oceans, through labyrinths of forced marriages and violent men, motherhood, and their dreams of freedom.

Strong-willed and hot-headed Monique, quiet and romantic Cecilia, devout Lanei, and determined Ella are four friends who seem to makeup for what the other lacks. But no matter what is happening in their lives or the struggles they face, they share an unbreakable bond of friendship that serves as their anchor, helping and supporting each other through and through.

To succeed, each woman must make choices that will challenge her long-held cultural beliefs, choices that will come with consequences, in the pursuit of her own individual freedom.

An empowering narrative told from alternating perspectives of each friend, Micki Berthelot Morency has crafted four remarkable and hard-to-forget women whose fates are bound together by culture, by history, and most importantly, by a deep, irrevocable friendship. Heartfelt and deeply moving, The Island Sisters is an important story about hope and determination.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	314
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	BHC Press
Fecha de Publicación	2023-06-20
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.7" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	Femenino, Amistad

Morency, Micki Berthelot

Micki Berthelot Morency was born in Haiti and emigrated to the US with her family in the seventies. A graduate of Northeastern University, Micki had a career in finance before she found her calling in social services as an advocate for women and children. A mother of daughters, she lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband.