But the fairy tale ends when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily armed men, just outside the estate walls. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti's richest sons, she lives in the United States with her adoring husband and infant son, returning every summer to stay on her father's Port-au-Prince estate. Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. Now, with An Untamed State, she delivers a 'breathtaking debut novel' ( The Guardian, UK) of wealth in the face of crushing poverty, and the lawless anger produced by corrupt governments. A Haitian American woman survives a brutal kidnapping in this 'commanding debut novel' from the New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist ( The New Yorker).Īuthor and essayist Roxane Gay is celebrated for her incisive commentary on identity and culture, as well as for her bestselling nonfiction and short story collections.
