Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
A National Book Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
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. And so she was both
elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest
brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country,
adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her
family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the
political situation deteriorated.
In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in
events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing
true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.