Touching snow

touching snow is such a great book and it was well written by M.Sindy Felin, being her first novel. I will admit I first picked up the book because it was written by a haitian author =]. But the book has a lot of different themes such as keeping their culture as they live in America, stuggling to survive under their abusive stepfather's roof, and a mother who neglects this problem so they can afford to eat and pay the bills. The protagonist Karina suffers from epilepsy and also just trying to fit in school, and doesnt want to be compared to her super smart sister Delta who skipped two grades. And she doesnt want to be the head of the house if her sister Enid died from the brutal beatings “the DADDY” gave her. The way Felin uses descriptions and puts kreyol words in the book, it makes me relate more because I actually understand what shes saying and it just shows how similar many haitian families are and how they never want to forget where they come from when they come to America[especially New York].Its a great book to read because Karina is a strong girl who is capable to tell her story in a funny,inspiring and sometimes sad point of view. I recommend it to anyone and everyone.