"Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers."--Los
Angeles Times The New York Times bestselling author of The House of
the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one
unforgettable woman--a slave and concubine determined to take
control of her own destiny--in this sweeping historical novel that
moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish
parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the ninteenth century. The
daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor,
Zarite--known as Tete--was born a slave on the island of
Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tete found
solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the
mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse
Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father's
plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his
responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns
to his teenaged slave Tete, who becomes his most important
confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across
four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.
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