Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat

Author:Edwidge Danticat
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Sociology, Social Science, Uncles, Emigration and immigration, Edwidge - Family, Haiti - Social conditions - 20th century, 20th century, American, Emigration & Immigration, Literary, Uncles - Haiti, Personal Memoirs, American - 20th century, Authors, Danticat, Haiti, General, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Women
ISBN: 9781400041152
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Published: 2007-04-14T10:00:00+00:00

Jonas, pt. 20 ans, main droite absente, 11:35 a.m.

Gladys, pt. 35 ans, nue, 3:09 p.m.

Samuel, 75 ans, chany, 5:42 p.m.

Male inconnu, pt. 25 ans, visage mutilée, 9:17 p.m.

Jonas, maybe 20 years old, missing right hand, 11:35 a.m.

Gladys, maybe 35 years old, naked, 3:09 p.m.

Samuel, 75 years old, shoeshine man, 5:42 p.m.

Unknown male, 25 years old, face mutilated, 9:17 p.m.

Over the first weeks of the coup, my father called nearly every day, begging my uncle and Tante Denise to leave Bel Air. They’d go to Léogâne for a few days to visit with Tante Denise’s sister, Léone, but would always return in time for Sunday services.

Anxious, my father became angry, shouting at the end of their conversations, “You’re responsible. Whatever happens to you there, you’re responsible if you don’t leave.”

I’m not sure why my uncle and Tante Denise never left for good. Maybe it’s as simple as not wanting to be driven out of their home.

After Marie Micheline died, I asked my uncle why they, and in turn Marie Micheline, hadn’t tried to move to New York like my parents did.

“It’s not easy to start over in a new place,” he said. “Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.”

Plus he had more work to do, more souls to save, more children to teach.

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