Breath, Eyes, Memory - Edwidge Danticat

Category: Adults, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Adult Fiction African American Coming of Age Contemporary Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature Novels

Written by Edwidge Danticat
Read by Robin Miles
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets 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 a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people.

At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti–and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women–with a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 06-30-15