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Breath, eyes, memory : book discussion kit

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village in Haiti to New York, to be reuntied with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can only be healed by her return to Haiti - to the woman who first reared her.

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  • "Breath, eyes, memory"@pl
  • "Breath, eyes, memory"@it

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  • "At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village in Haiti to New York, to be reuntied with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can only be healed by her return to Haiti - to the woman who first reared her."@en
  • "The culture shock of Sophie Coco, a 12-year-old Haitian girl from the provinces, summoned to New York by her mother whom she hardly knows and who is toiling in a nursing home to provide for the family back home."
  • "The culture shock of Sophie Coco, a 12-year-old Haitian girl from the provinces, summoned to New York by her mother whom she hardly knows and who is toiling in a nursing home to provide for the family back home."@en
  • "At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti--to the women 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."@en
  • "As a girl in the impoverished village of Croixdes-Rosets, Sophie Caco knows her mother only by the photograph on her night table. Then one day when she is twelve years old, she is summoned to join her mother in America. Sophie comes to terms with her mother's tyranny and love."@en
  • "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, where she gains a legacy of shame that only be healed when she returns to Haiti, to the woman who first reared her."
  • "A cloth bag containing nine copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
  • "When a young Haitian woman is raped, her child is raised by her aunt in a small Haitian village. When mother and daughter are reunited twelve years later, neither is able to put the past to rest resulting in confusion, quilt, and ultimately tragedy."
  • ""At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti--to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring strength of Haiti's women--with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage"--"
  • "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."@en
  • "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."
  • "Als een Haitiaans meisje op haar twaalfde naar New York verhuist krijgt zij te maken met grote culturele verschillen."
  • "Als een Haïtiaans meisje op haar twaalfde naar New York verhuist, krijgt zij te maken met grote culturele verschillen."
  • "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, where she gains a legacy of shame that can only be healed when she returns to Haiti, to the woman who first reared her."@en
  • "Oprah's Book Club."
  • "At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti -- to the women who first reared her."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
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  • "Roman familial"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Publishers' advertisements"
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  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
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  • "Breath, eyes, memory : book discussion kit"@en
  • "Breath, eyes, memory [pbk]"@en
  • "Breath, eyes, memory"
  • "Breath, eyes, memory"@en
  • "Adem, ogen, herinnering"
  • "Atem, Augen, Erinnerungen : Roman"
  • "Le cri de l'oiseau rouge : roman"
  • "Palabra, ojos, memoria"@es
  • "Palabra, ojos, memoria"
  • "Breath, eyes, memory : [novel]"
  • "Näen, muistan, hengitän"@fi
  • "Vida, imágenes, recuerdos"
  • "Atem, Augen, Erinnerungen Roman"
  • "Breath, eyes, memory : [a novel]"
  • "Neshimah, ʻenayim, zikaron"
  • "Breath, eyes, memory : [a novel]"@en
  • "Oddech, oczy, pamięć"@pl
  • "Breath, Eyes, Memory or, A gentleman's progress in the New World"@en
  • "Breath, eyes, memory [a novel]"
  • "Le cri de l'oiseau rouge"
  • "Jeg kommer fra et sted"@da
  • "Parla con la mia stessa voce"
  • "Parla con la mia stessa voce"@it
  • "Breath, eyes, memory : a novel"@en
  • "Breath, Eyes, Memory"
  • "Breath, Eyes, Memory"@en

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