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Today, the name Marion Miley is largely unrecognizable, but in the fall of 1941, she was an internationally renowned golf champion, winning every leading women's tournament except the elusive national title. This unassuming twenty-seven-year-old woman was beloved by all she met, including celebrities like jazz crooner Bing Crosby. With ambitions to become a doctor, it seemed Marion Miley was headed for greatness. But on September 28, 1941, six...

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Fault Lines will give readers a new understanding of daily life, structural challenges, and collective dreams in one of the world's most complex countries.

The women's moving accounts of horror and heroism can best be characterized by the Creole word istwa, which means both "story" and "history". They combine theory with case studies concerning resistance, gender and alternative models of power. Photographs of the women who have lived through Haiti's recent past accompany their words to further personalize the interviews in "Walking on Fire".

Fault Lines will give readers a new understanding of daily life, structural challenges, and collective dreams in one of the world's most complex countries.