Brother, I'm dying

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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.

subjects: 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,  7,26

People: Edwidge Danticat (1969-)

Places: Haiti,  États-Unis,  Famille,  Haïti,  New York (N.Y.)

Times: 20th century,  20e siècle,  1970-2000