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This is a moving paean to Danticat's two fathers - one, her biological father in New York and the other his brother who raised her for eight years in Haiti. One might expect this memoir to center on the upheavals in the author's own life - both personal and political - but instead, it's the brothers' lives we come to know best - as seen through the eyes of their shared daughter, who also becomes a mother during the course of the story.
Ultimately, this is a book about the strength, the endurance ...more
Ultimately, this is a book about the strength, the endurance ...more
Edwidge is a brilliant author. Loved this book. This non-fiction taught me all about Haiti over a good part of the 20th century, and gives insight into our immigration procedures as well. Not always as sad as you might think but still a family with more hardships than most.
This is an incredible and moving memoir, and then the end is so painful and shocking I’m still reeling from it. So glad to have read it.
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