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-...
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Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary: -
Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:In Haiti during the dictatorial 1960s, the man known as the "dew breaker" was a torturer. Now an American and a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, he maintains a quiet life as a husband and...
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Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
In a seaside town in Haiti, widower Nozias finally makes the gut-wrenching decision to give up his daughter Claire so she can have a better life. But when the girl goes missing, the resulting...
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Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
Presents a collection of crime and noir stories set in Haiti.
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal...
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Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
In a land where vicious dictators crush dreams and lives on a whim, Haitian people have only faith and hope to sustain them. Perhaps it is the faith that a tiny, leaky boat packed with refugees...
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love. Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity,...
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Author: Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening...
Genre: Juvenile fiction