Publisher's Synopsis
Iris Odys is the child of Hagathe and Brahami. Brahami cares little about his child, but Hagathe has always dreamed of a better life for Iris. She is presented with the perfect opportunity when Iris is five years old. Adopted by a white American couple, an anthropologist and art gallery owner, Iris is transported from her tiny remote Haitian village, Monn Neg, to an American suburb. The Roving Tree illuminates how imperfectly assimilated adoptees struggle to remember their original voices and recapture their personal histories and cultural legacy.
