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Danticat's groundbreaking debut novel with a new introduction from Bernardine Evaristo
Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, with new introduction from Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo
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 should ever 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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'A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time' Sunday Times
'Exquisite and unforgettable' Washington Post
'Extraordinarily successful' New York Times Book Review
'A first novel of precious humanity' Independent
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Praise for Breath, Eyes, Memory
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A first novel of precious humanity which mingles past and present, the horrors and delights of Haiti, in a quiet and dignified prose that would be impressive in a writer twice her age. - INDEPENDENT
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Extraordinary... a young and genuinely fresh voice. - TIME OUT
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Stuffed with folk wisdom with a sprinkling of urban angst... a vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time. - SUNDAY TIMES
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She delicately tiptoes with poetic intent...brief, lyrical, disturbing novel... - MAIL ON SUNDAY
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