When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo - Hardcover Used Ali Stroker a distant reminder of what

a distant reminder of what could have been

she kept her head high

family and domesticity

Sandra is more than ready for this new world

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo - Hardcover Used Ali Stroker a distant reminder of whatA mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut introduces two unforgettable outsiders brought together by their connection with the dead. You were never the smartest child, but even you should know that when a dead woman offers you a cigarette, the polite thing to do would be to take it. Especially when that dead woman is your mother. The St. Bernard women have lived in Morne Marie, the house on top of a hill