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Author:
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
Title:
The farming of bones : a novel / Edwidge Danticat.
Publisher:
Penguin Books,
Copyright Date:
1999, c1998
Description:
312 p. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Massacres--Dominican Republic--Fiction.--20th century--Fiction.
Haitians--Dominican Republic--Fiction.--20th century--Fiction.
Massacres--Dominican Republic--Fiction.
Haitians--Dominican Republic--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Year of reading.
Dominican Republic--Fiction.--1930-1961--Fiction.
Dominican Republic--Fiction.--Fiction.
Notes:
"American Book Award winner 1999"--Cover.
Summary:
Amabelle, a Haitian woman who has grown up as a servant in the home of Dominicans, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, and together they try to weather the storms of persecution against their people.
Series:
Year of reading
Indexed by:
Wilson's Fiction
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
School Library Journal
ISBN:
9780140280494
0140280499
Locations:
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

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