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I had no idea there'd been a Haitian genocide, so this book was good for me as a history lesson. I like how Dandicat gives us glimpses into both cultures before the Massacre. As for the Massacre, she gives enough detail so we get the gruesome picture, but does not hammer the reader with graphic descriptions, as some books do. She tells her story simply but effectively.
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The beauty of Danticat's work is the way she builds her sentences and paragraphs with such obvious craft and care, formerly an elaborate latticework of atmosphere and mood - compelling and artful.
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