Coconut Paradise: A Family Heirloom and a Very Haitian Homecoming (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798999684400)

Set against the vibrant and complex textures of northern Haiti, this is a story of rediscovery, rootedness, and the mysterious ways our ancestors call us back to ourselves. When Cassandra-a Haitian-American influencer raised far from her roots-moves to Cap-Haïtien to take over her late grandmother's deteriorating hotel, she expects to renovate a building, not her entire sense of self. As Cassandra navigates cultural and language divides, uneasy relationships, and a haunting legacy, she begins to uncover the untold story of the grandmother she never met-and the deep, tangled lineage she carries within her. What starts as a reluctant journey becomes a reckoning with identity, belonging, and the ghost of a homeland she's only beginning to know. A lyrical, layered debut about inheritance, memory, and the transformative work of coming home.