Breath, Eyes, Memory

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1996
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When her mother leaves Haiti to find work in the US, Sophie is raised by her aunt. Their parting, years later, when her mother sends for her, is as wrenching as the reunion in New York. Though she barely knows her mother they both carry secrets from their homeland that will haunt them forever.

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When her mother leaves Haiti to find work in the US, Sophie is raised by her aunt. Their parting, years later, when her mother sends for her, is as wrenching as the reunion in New York. Though she barely knows her mother they both carry secrets from their homeland that will haunt them forever.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 07 Mar 1996
ISBN 10: 0349106827
ISBN 13: 9780349106823

Media Reviews

A first novel of precious humanity which mingles past and present, the horrors and delights of Haiti, in a quiet and dignified prose that would be impressive in a writer twice her age. * INDEPENDENT *
Extraordinary... a young and genuinely fresh voice. * TIME OUT ** *
Stuffed with folk wisdom with a sprinkling of urban angst... a vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time. * SUNDAY TIMES ** *
she delicately tiptoes with poetic intent...brief, lyrical, disturbing novel... * MAIL ON SUNDAY *

Author Bio

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 under the dicatatorial Duvalier regime. Her award-winning short stories, was nominated for the 1995 National Book Award. She has been chosen as one of the New Yorker magazine's '20 Young Writers for the 21st Century.