Candy Gourlay est passée du journalisme, où elle couvrait des dictatures, à une carrière littéraire axée sur des défis particuliers. Son expérience dans la couverture des structures de pouvoir mondiales informe son approche unique de la narration. Elle crée des récits qui explorent des thèmes et des personnages captivants avec une voix distinctive.
The year is 1904. Luki has lived a tribal life in the mountains of the Philippines. Now she's growing up, she is expected to become a wife and a mother, but Luki isn't ready to give up her dream to become a warrior.When her tribe are offered a journey to America to be part of the St. Louis World's Fair, Luki will discover that the land of opportunity does not share its possibilities equally...
So Rosa must live hidden away in an isolated house with its back to the rest of the world, with only the internet for a social life. The islanders believe this is the way to summon ghosts, and Rosa wants her mother back. As Rosa's social life blossoms, how will she seize the freedom to be who she really is?