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Author:

Momplaisir, Francesca, 1973- author.

Title:

The garden of broken things / Francesca Momplaisir.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

305 pages : 23 cm

Subject:

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Fiction.
Earthquakes--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Single mothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book"-- indicia.

Summary:

"Genevieve, a single mother, flies to Port-au-Prince in 2010 with her teenage son, Miles. The trip is meant to be an education for Miles-a chance to learn about his family's roots while coming to terms with his father's departure-but it's also an excuse for Genevieve to escape New York City, where her life is dominated by her failed marriage and the daily pressures of raising Black children in America. For Genevieve, the journey is also a homecoming of sorts: an opportunity to visit the island she remembers from childhood, reconnect with her abrasive cousin, Ateya, and tend to her young, dejected niece, Ti'Louse. But when the is rocked by a massive earthquake-decimating the city and putting their lives at risk-Genevieve and Ateya are hurried down separate paths to preserve all they hold dearest: Ateya searching the plantain gardens for her daughter; Genevieve racing across the island to find medical care for her wounded son. Teetering on the faultline of history and one family's collapse, and written with dazzling prose and an unflinching eye, The Garden of Broken Things is an astonishing novel about restoration and disaster, motherhood and the bonds that carry through generations"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593321065
9780593321065

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245960141

LCCN:

2021016262

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)