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When her mother leaves Haiti to find work in the US, Sophie is raised by her aunt. Their parting, years later, when her mother sends for her, is as wrenching as the reunion in New York. Though she barely knows her mother they both carry secrets from their homeland that will haunt them forever.
'A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time' Sunday Times: Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut.
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child shouldever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti - to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence.
In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti - and the enduring strength of Haiti's women - with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 maart 1996
Aantal pagina's: 240
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Edwidge Danticat
Hoofduitgeverij: Abacus
Product breedte: 126 mm
Product hoogte: 16 mm
Product lengte: 196 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm
Verpakking lengte: 196 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 459 g
EAN: 9780349106823