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02100cam a22003614a 4500 001 41EE5C2A2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 eng 010 $a 2007038284 020 $a 1602851336 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781602851337 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 040 $d SILO $d SILO 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Danticat, Edwidge, $d 1969- 245 1 $a Brother, I'm dying $h [text (large print)] / $c Edwidge Danticat. 260 $a Thorndike, Me. : $b Center Point, $c 2008, c2007. 300 $a 288 p. ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph, a charismatic pastor, as her "second father" when she was placed in his care at age four when her parents left Haiti for America. So she experiences a jumble of emotions when, at twelve, she joins her parents in New York City, whom she struggles to remember--she has left behind Joseph and the only home she's ever known. The story of a new life in a new country while fearing for those still in Haiti soon becomes a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. In 2004, his life threatened by a gang, the frail, 81-year-old Joseph makes his way to Miami, where he thinks he will be safe. Instead, he is detained by the Department of Homeland Security, brutally imprisoned, and dead within days. It was a story that made headlines around the world.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Danticat, Edwidge, $d 1969- $v Biography. 600 10 $a Danticat, Edwidge, $d 1969- $x Family. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Uncles $z Haiti. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration. 650 0 $a Haitians $z United States. 651 0 $a Haiti $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 655 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 4 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20201013051524.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20201013043633.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20150213091616.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=41EE5C2A2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search