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Brother, I'm Dying

Edwidge Danticat

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Brother, I'm Dying

Brother, I'm Dying won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, was a National Book Award Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century. From the age of four, Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated. In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.

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Publisher
Vintage
Year
2007
ISBN-13
9780307267733
Genre
Biography & Memoir
Topics
Family and immigrationHaitian political turmoilLoss and displacement

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