Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge DanticatRead about the other titles on the list.
Edwidge Danticat is truly a treasure of Haitian Literature, and this is her story. When she was just a girl, her parents left her in the care of her uncle, Joseph. When her parents finally sent for her, she struggled to remember them and grieved for the parental figure she had left behind. Later in 2004, when the political situation in Haiti began to deteriorate, Uncle Joseph was forced to flee to Miami in search of safety. In a whirlwind story of family connection and the tender ties that bind one person to another, Danticat illustrates the strength of familial love, even from across the ocean.
Brother, I’m Dying is among Joe Meno's seven true tales about the journey to seek asylum in the U.S.
--Marshal Zeringue
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