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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat
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  • May 1, 1998, 236 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 1998, 234 pages
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Evlyn

Love it
This book this great. I love the expressions.
mendy nicholson

sophie
It's the best book I have ever read. I love that Sophie and Joseph's relationship was strong.
Jus

Capturing and astonishing
This books not only connects to the readers but to the author and that is very admirable. The words, context and backgroind takes the readera into a different land within Haiti.
book lover

AWESOME
I thought this book was remarkable and astonishing :)
Bookjive

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Different cultures, different women. But more fascinating is the way one’s circumstance affects her vision, her ambition, and her future. Somehow, the book tells us -It is always up to us what we will become, no matter how one’s memories linger…
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