Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.

“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder t…”

“If it weren’t for her setting me free, I may still be a caged bird today, holdi…”

“Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend…”

“A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and sho…”