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1	Breath, Eyes, Memory more books like this by Edwidge Danticat 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. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Farming of Bones more books like this by Edwidge Danticat Danticat's historical novel is about a bloody episode in the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Dew Breaker more books like this by Edwidge Danticat From the universally acclaimed author of "Breath, Eyes, Memory" comes a brilliant, deeply moving work of fiction that explores the world of a "dew breaker"--a torturer--a man whose brutal crimes in the country of his birth lie hidden beneath his new American reality. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Krik? Krak! more books like this by Edwidge Danticat Short stories that illuminate the realities of Haitian life. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Brother, I'm Dying more books like this by Edwidge Danticat From the bestselling author of "The Dew Breaker" comes a major work of nonfiction: a powerfully moving family story that centers around the men closest to the authors heart--her father, Mira, and his older brother, Joseph. see all copies from £9.16! new only from £10.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Behind the Mountains more books like this by Edwidge Danticat This is the fictional journal of 13-year-old Celiane as she and her family immigrate from Haiti to the United States, settling in Brooklyn, where Celiane must adapt to a new, and often confusing, life. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £12.95! \| first editions
7	Anacaona, Golden Flower more books like this by Edwidge Danticat With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.50!
8	After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti more books like this by Edwidge Danticat Bestselling author Danticat journeys to her homeland of Haiti, where she participates in the spectacular Carnival of Jacmel. She also explores the beauty and unceasing conflict that make up the island's unique, dual nature. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.58! \| first editions
9	The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States more books like this by Edwidge Danticat (Editor) In this collection of 33 essays and poems, the experience of the Haitian emigre is described, with the works divided into four sections: childhood, migration, first generation, and return. Each author hauntingly describes their lives in Haiti and the United States. see all copies from £5.98! new only from £5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The farming of bones : a novel more books like this by Edwidge Danticat It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-class citizens, and although Amabelle feels a strong sense of loyalty to her employers, especially since ... see all copies from £5.66! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
11 view cover	Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance more books like this by Beverly Bell, Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) The true-life experiences told here by 38 Haitian women from different social strata record the human rights abuses they endured, and their efforts to transcend those experiences. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £16.50! \| signed copies
12 view cover	Homelands: Women's Journeys Across Race, Place, and Time more books like this by Patricia Justine Tumang (Editor), Jenesha De Rivera (Editor), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) In "Homelands, " writers investigate the complexities of how women experience, remember, and imagine journeys to their homelands. Approaching the topic from varying perspectives -- exile, longing, belonging, diaspora, idealization -- they show that "homeland" isn't just a physical place. It can also be an imagined community, a part of one's ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £5.22!
13 view cover	Beacon Best of 2000: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All Colors more books like this by Edwidge Danticat (Editor) This multicultural anthology of 26 pieces seeks to represent work by writers of all colors and cultures. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction are all represented, including work by Larry MacMurty, Pico Iver, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and others. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £50.04! \| first editions
14 view cover	Vale of Tears: A Novel from Haiti more books like this by Paulette Poujol Oriol, Dolores A Schaefer (Translator), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) A work of fiction, most of "Vale of Tears" takes place in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where the book's protagonist, Coralie, is trying to scrounge up enough money during the New Year holiday to pay her rent. Part of the book is set in France, where Coralie spent part of World War 2. Through 14 chapters that alternate between the present ... see all copies from £4.77! new only from £9.71!
15 view cover	After the Dance: a Walk Through Carnival in Haiti by Edwidge Danticat In After the Dance, one of Haiti's most renowned daughters returns to her homeland, taking readers on a stunning, exquisitely rendered journey beyond the hedonistic surface of Carnival and into its deep heart. Edwidge Danticat had long been scared off from Carnival by a loved one, who spun tales of people dislocating hips from gyrating with too ... see all copies from £5.54! first editions
16	Brown Sugar 4: Secret Desires by Preston L. Allen Kalisha Buckhanon, Edwidge Danticat, Darrell Dawsey, Trey Ellis, Mike Phillips, Angie Cruz, Kenji Jasper,... see all copies from £7.02! new only from £11.41!
17	Women a Celebration of Strength by Louise A. Gikow; Kathy Rodgers And Lynn Hecht Schafran With Edwidge Danticat And Anna Quindlen see all copies from £15.87! new only from £72.76! \| first editions
18 view cover	Palabras, Ojos, Memoria by Edwidge Danticat Set in Haiti's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. (OneSource) see all copies from £34.90! new only from £34.90!
19	Le Cri De Loiseau Rouge by Edwidge Danticat see all copies from £5.54!
20 view cover	Beacon Best of 2000 more books like this by Edwidge Danticat (Editor) This multicultural anthology of 26 pieces seeks to represent work by writers of all colors and cultures. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction are all represented, including work by Larry MacMurty, Pico Iver, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and others. see all copies from £5.54!

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