Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)

At The Age Of Twelve, Sophie Caco Is Sent From The Impoverished Village Of Croix-des-rosets To New York To Be Reunited With Her Mother She Barely Remembers. There She Discovers Secrets That No Child Should Ever Know And Where She Gains A Legacy Of Shame That Can Only Be Healed When She Returns To Haiti, To The Woman 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. Edwidge Danticat.