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My Mother's House

By: Francesca Momplaisir
Narrated by: Karen Chilton,Janina Edwards,Dion Graham
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Publisher's Summary

One of the Best Books of the Year: Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vulture

“Impossible to stop reading.” (Vulture)
 

When Lucien flees Haiti with his wife, Marie-Ange, and their three children to New York City’s South Ozone Park, he does so hoping for reinvention, wealth, and comfort. He buys a run-down house in a quickly changing community, and begins life anew. Lucien and Marie-Ange call their home La Kay - “my mother’s house” - and it becomes a place where their fellow immigrants can find peace, a good meal, and necessary legal help. But as a severely emotionally damaged man emigrating from a country whose evils he knows to one whose evils he doesn’t, Lucien soon falls into his worst habits and impulses, with La Kay as the backdrop for his lasciviousness. 

What he can’t begin to fathom is that the house is watching, passing judgment, and deciding to put an end to all the sins it has been made to hold. But only after it has set itself aflame will frightened whispers reveal Lucien’s ultimate evil. An uncompromising look at the immigrant experience and a chilling depiction of the depravity of one man, My Mother’s House is an electrifying listen rooted in a magical reality.

©2020 Francesca Momplaisir (P)2020 Random House Audio

Critic Reviews

"A haunting story of the (Haitian American) immigrant experience amid toxic male dominance - My Mother’s House is unsettling and unlike anything else you will read." (Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international best-selling author)

"Momplaisir is a bold and powerful new voice, and My Mother’s House is poised to blow the roof off." (Carolina De Robertis, author of The Gods of Tango)

"Francesca Momplaisir’s storytelling is lush, dynamic and captivating, with a sharp eye for details and an honest uncompromising depiction of human visciousness as well as beauty. My Mother’s House is an absolutely gripping read!" (Sahar Delijani, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree)

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it was different.

the beginning and first Parr of the middle had my attention. the middle became too m7ch fluff and the ending made me mad I stuck with it.

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oh my GOD

brutal, smart, beautiful and tragic. the narration was amazing. the story... was a punch in the gut. not for the faint of heart.

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Loved it ❤️

The performances were outstanding. The story was original and the characters well developed.
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Still processing...

This is such a sad and disturbing story. I don't normally read these kinds of book. I like getting the point of view of the house though.