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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Danticat, Edwidge 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Vintage Books 1995
Edition:1. Vintage Contemporaries ed.
Series:Vintage contemporaries
Subjects:
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:234 S.
ISBN:0679756612