Birthday Book Recs 9/50 : Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Birthday Book Recs: 9/50
Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
The whole line of thought that reading “promotes empathy” or allows us to “walk in another’s shoes” can sometimes teeter on the edge of trite. There’s a bit of a leap between “I feel more informed about someone else’s life” and having your heart ripped to shreds and your world shook.
Maybe you know Edwidge Danticat because of Breath, Eyes, Memory (an Oprah pick way back in the day). Brother, I’m Dying chronicles Danticat’s early life in Haiti, her parents’ departure to America to establish a better life for their family, and her reunion with them when she is twelve. It also illuminates the questionable detainment of Danticat’s uncle (her “second father”), and wow…just read it and then report back to me how your heart was ripped to shreds and your world shook.
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