Summary
When the author was only four years old, her parents emigrated from Haiti to New York in search of a better life, leaving their daughter in the care of her uncle Joseph. A peaceful pastor in Port-au-Prince, Joseph raised Edwidge with the love and devotion of a father, despite facing many hardships i... Full description
Summary: |
When the author was only four years old, her parents emigrated from Haiti to New York in search of a better life, leaving their daughter in the care of her uncle Joseph. A peaceful pastor in Port-au-Prince, Joseph raised Edwidge with the love and devotion of a father, despite facing many hardships in politically turbulent Haiti. It wasn't until she was 12 years old that Edwidge was finally reunited with her parents--and forced to confront inevitably complex emotions. |
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Item Description: |
In container (17 cm.). Title from container. "Unabridged Nonfiction"--Container. "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. Compact disc. |
Physical Description: |
7 sound discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Issued also on cassette. |
ISBN: |
9781428166318 1428166319 |
Author Notes: |
Along with awards for fiction from Seventeen and Essence and the 1995 Pushcart Short Story Prize, Danticat was chosen by Harper's Bazaar as "one of 20 people in their twenties who will make a difference," and by the New York Times Magazine as one of "30 Under 30" people to watch. Her second novel, The Farming of Bones (1998), concerns a massacre in Haiti in 1937. (Bowker Author Biography) |