Brother, I'm dying
by Edwidge Danticat
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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 to remember--she has left behind Joseph and the only home she's ever known. The story of a new life in a new country while fearing for those still in Haiti soon becomes a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. In 2004, his life threatened by a gang, the frail, 81-year-old Joseph makes his way to Miami, where he thinks he will be safe. Instead, he is detained by the Department of Homeland Security, brutally imprisoned, and dead within days. It was a story that made headlines around the world.--From publisher description.
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Social conditions, Uncles, Family, American Authors, Emigration and immigration, Nonfiction, Authors, American, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Families, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, History, 20th Century, Écrivains américains, Biographies, Oncles, Émigration et immigration, Conditions sociales, Médecine, Histoire, Migration period (Medieval culture or period), Emigration, Migrations (events), Immigration, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Authors, biography, Haiti, social conditions, Écrivaines noires américaines, Haïtiens, Moeurs et coutumes, Récits personnels, Familydanticat, edwidge , 1969-, Danticat, edwidge , 1969-, Authors, american--20th century--biography, Uncles--haiti, Ps3554.a5815 z46 2008, 813/.54 b, Hq 7999, 17.97, 18.06, 7,26People
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Haiti, États-Unis, Famille, Haïti, New York (N.Y.)Times
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Brother, I'm dying
2008, Center Point Pub., Center Point Pub
in English
- Center Point large print ed.
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Brother, I'm Dying
2007, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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From the age of four, award-winning writer 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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