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From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Edwidge Danticat
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Center Point Pub, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Alfred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- French, English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9781400041152
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