{"product_id":"brother-im-dying-national-book-award-finalist-paperback","title":"Brother, I'm Dying: National Book Award Finalist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA National Book Award Finalist - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable. . . . A fierce, haunting book about exile and loss and family love.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the age of four, Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph, a charismatic pastor, as her \"second father,\" when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for a better life in America. Listening to his sermons, sharing coconut-flavored ices on their walks through town, roaming through the house that held together many members of a colorful extended family, Edwidge grew profoundly attached to Joseph. He was the man who \"knew all the verses for love.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so she experiences a jumble of emotions when, at twelve, she joins her parents in New York City. She is at last reunited with her two youngest brothers, and with her mother and father, whom she has struggled to remember. But she must also leave behind Joseph and the only home she's ever known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdwidge tells of making a new life in a new country while fearing for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorates. But \u003ci\u003eBrother I'm Dying\u003c\/i\u003e soon becomes a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Late in 2004, his life threatened by an angry mob, forced to flee his church, the frail, eighty-one-year-old Joseph makes his way to Miami, where he thinks he will be safe. Instead, he is detained by U.S. Customs, held by the Department of Homeland Security, brutally imprisoned, and dead within days. It was a story that made headlines around the world. His brother, Mira, will soon join him in death, but not before he holds hope in his arms: Edwidge's firstborn, who will bear his name--and the family's stories, both joyous and tragic--into the next generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrother I'm Dying\u003c\/i\u003e is a true-life epic on an intimate scale: a deeply affecting story of home and family--of two men's lives and deaths, and of a daughter's great love for them both. Universally praised by critics and readers upon its original publication in 2007, it remains just as relevant today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eClaire of the Sea Light, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book; \u003ci\u003eBrother, I'm Dying, \u003c\/i\u003e a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah Book Club selection; \u003ci\u003eKrik? Krak!\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eThe Farming of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, an American Book Award winner; and \u003ci\u003eThe Dew Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e, a PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Miami.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 7.96 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brother, I'm Dying\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53097260482784,"sku":"9781400034307","price":20.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/HZFZFvJbqI9781400034307.webp?v=1781684601","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/brother-im-dying-national-book-award-finalist-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}