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Brother, I'm dying / Edwidge Danticat.

Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph, a charismatic pastor, as her "second father" when she was placed in his care at age four when her parents left Haiti for America. So she experiences a jumble of emotions when, at twelve, she joins her parents in New York City, whom she struggles...

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Main Author: Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Family.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Uncles > Haiti.
Emigration and immigration.
Haiti > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. He is my brother
  • Have you enjoyed your life?
  • Brother, I'm dying
  • What did the white man say?
  • Heartstrings, shoestrings
  • We're all dying
  • Good-bye
  • Giving birth
  • The return
  • One papa happy, one papa sad
  • Gypsy
  • pt. 2. For adversity
  • Brother, I can speak
  • The angel of death and Father God
  • You're not a policeman
  • Brother, I leave you with a heavy heart
  • Beating the darkness
  • Hell
  • Limbo
  • No greater shame
  • Alien 27041999
  • Tomorrow
  • Afflictions
  • Let the stars fall
  • Brother, I'll see you soon
  • Transition.

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