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A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist
After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved by her mother's tales and her father's attempts to reunite their family, Saya writes a story of her own—one that just might bring her mother home for good.
With stirring illustrations, this tender tale shows the human side of immigration and imprisonment—and shows how every child has the power to make a difference.
About the Author
Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, includingBreath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection;Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; andThe Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor ofThe Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United StatesandThe Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures.Danticat earned a degree in French Literature from Barnard College, where she won the 1995 Woman of Achievement Award, and later an MFA from Brown University. She lives in Miami with her husband and daughters.
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