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A review by kcdarmody
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
4.0
Death and life, never far apart. This is a raw and touching account of the bonds of family and the pain of life in two worlds. It offers a damning look at US immigration policy where Haitians are concerned. The heart of the memoir is this:
“He shouldn’t be here,” my father said, tearful and breathlessly agitated, shortly before drifting off to sleep that night. “If our country were ever given a chance and allowed to be a country like any other, none of us would live or die here.”
“He shouldn’t be here,” my father said, tearful and breathlessly agitated, shortly before drifting off to sleep that night. “If our country were ever given a chance and allowed to be a country like any other, none of us would live or die here.”