Ten years later, Edwidge rejoins her parents in the U.S.
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Edwidge spends most of her free time with her uncle, and after he suffers severe damage to his vocal chords, she acts as his interpreter.
Joseph and Edwidge develop a close relationship over the next several years. Edwidge, only two years old at the time of her father's departure, is left in the care of her Uncle Joseph and his wife, Tante Denise. Many years later, after Edwidge's father marries and begins a family, he decides to immigrate to the United States, while her Uncle Joseph-a community leader and pastor-chooses to remain in Haiti with his congregation. Born in the Haitian countryside, both brothers move to the big city of Port-au-Prince to work and raise families. Claims The Philadelphia Inquirer, if this book “does not break your heart, you don’t have one.” Introduction to the Bookīrother, I'm Dying, is the true-life story of Edwidge Danticat's father, Mira, and his brother, Joseph. It is “a testament to family bonds so strong they can survive separation, distance, even death” ( People). “Through the seemingly effortless grace of Danticat’s words, a family’s tragedy is transformed into a promise of collective hope,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. In this poignant 2007 memoir – a finalist for the National Book Award – Danticat is now grown and living in Miami, facing the death of her father and the birth of her first child while her uncle and his son are fleeing for their lives from the Haitian government and gang disputes that have destroyed his church. Danticat was close with her uncle, a community leader and pastor who chose to remain in Haiti with his congregation. MacArthur Foundation Fellow Edwidge Danticat was a toddler when her parents moved to Brooklyn for work and safety, leaving her with her aunt and uncle at home in Haiti until she could join her parents in the United States a decade later.
Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.’” -from Brother, I'm Dying “’It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. Claims The Philadelphia Inquirer, if this book “does not break your heart, you don’t have one.”
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