Combining the haunting power of Toni Morrison’s Beloved with the evocative atmosphere of Philippa Gregory’s A Respectable Trade, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s groundbreaking novel illuminates a little discussed aspect of history—the Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade—witnessed through the experiences of Pola, an African captive used as a breeder to produce more slaves “A new classic of Caribbean literature.”—Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban “A Woman of Endurance should be taught as both history and literature of las Americas;it cements Llanos-Figueroa as an urgent and critical voice for our times.”—Marisel Vera, author of The Taste of Sugar