Breath, eyes, memory: [a novel]

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from the impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York to be reunited with her mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know and where she gains a legacy of shame that can only be healed when she returns to Ha...

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Main Author: Danticat, Edwidge 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Vintage Books 1998
Edition:2. Vintage Contemporaries ed.
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Summary:At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from the impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York to be reunited with her mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know and where she gains a legacy of shame that can only be healed when she returns to Haiti, to the woman who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence, in a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people.
Physical Description:236 S.
ISBN:037570504x

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