This is the first American publication of Brodber\'s eagerly awaited third novel.
With her tape recorder she explores the rich heritage of Creole Lou.
Here, Ella Townsend, a young African-American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folk life and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead.
In Louisiana she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present.
This is the first American publication of Brodber\'s eagerly awaited third novel