Title :	Breath, Eyes, Memory
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Edwidge Danticat, Author
Publisher:	Soho Press, Inc.
Publication Date:	2005
ISBN (or other code):	978-1-616-95502-1
Languages :	English (eng)
Descriptors:	Black/Anti-Black Children Fiction Women of Colour
Keywords:	Haiti, supernatural,
Abstract:	"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" (from back cover)

Breath, Eyes, Memory [printed text] / Edwidge Danticat, Author . - New York : Soho Press, Inc., 2005.
ISBN : 978-1-616-95502-1
Languages : English (eng)

Descriptors:	Black/Anti-Black Children Fiction Women of Colour
Keywords:	Haiti, supernatural,
Abstract:	"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" (from back cover)