Brother, I'm Dying

Synopsis

Edwidge Danticat was raised by two fathers--by her natural father and by his brother, her uncle Joseph, who became a surrogate father for eight years after her parents emigrated to America. Brother, I'm Dying is the story of her attachment to her uncle Joseph, and the wrenchingly complicated emotions she experienced when, at 12, she finally rejoined her parents. it's the story of adapting to a...