Ida Faubert, the daughter of Haiti’s president and a French aristocrat, is born into privilege and destined to live between borders. When political unrest forces her family into exile, young Ida is torn from the tropical heat of Port-au-Prince and thrust into the cold refinement of a French convent school. In a world where race, class, and womanhood define everything, Ida refuses to fit into anyone’s mold.

As a young woman in Belle Époque Paris, she dazzles high society with her wit and beauty—yet beneath her polished exterior, Ida harbors forbidden desires, lingering grief, and an ache for a homeland she barely remembers. Her poetry, lush and haunting, becomes her rebellion—a language through which she confronts love, loss, and the complexities of belonging.

After a decade of trying to reconcile the demands of society with the call of her voice, Ida returns to Haiti to claim her roots. But she is no longer the girl who left. As the U.S. occupation looms, Ida must choose between the safety of silence and the power of her pen. Back in France, she risks everything to publish her poetry under her real name, becoming one of the first Haitian women to break into the male-dominated literary world.

Spanning continents and decades, The Poet Between Worlds follows Ida’s journey through war, motherhood, literary fame, and quiet resistance. From the salons of Paris to the markets of Port-au-Prince, this is the story of a woman who lived unapologetically, loved unconventionally, and wrote herself into history.