A young woman born in the Paris suburbs, whose skin color and holiday memories alone link her to her father’s native Guadeloupe, asks herself questions about her mixed-race identity. At her request, her old aunt Antoine, flamboyant and indomitable, unfolds the history of their family, the Ezechiels, that echoes that of the island itself in the second half of the twentieth century. Carried along by unforgettable characters and inventive language, this novel pieces together all the nuances of Guadeloupean culture, its richness and it hidden wounds.