Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award . In this powerful work of nonfiction that takes up immigration and the strength of family, Edwidge Danticat tells the story of her beloved father and uncle - how her father came to the US; and how his brother later died at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security while he pleaded asylum trying to escape untenable violence at home. A National Book Award Finalist .
A New York Times Notable Book . A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century"Remarkable.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award . In this powerful work of nonfiction that takes up immigration and the strength of family, Edwidge Danticat tells the story of her beloved father and uncle - how her father came to the US; and how his brother later died at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security while he pleaded asylum trying to escape untenable violence at home. A National Book Award Finalist .
A New York Times Notable Book . A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century"Remarkable.