In 1937, on the Dominican side of the Haitian border, Amabelle, an orphaned maid to an army colonel's wife, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, but their relationship is threatened by the violent persecution of the Haitians.

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A Fictional Account of the Very Real Slaughter of Thousands

Date of Review: Jan 20, 2004

The Bottom Line: A great read.

Review: Edwige Danticat's second novel, The Farming of Bones, shows her growth as a writer from the time of the publication of her Oprah-book club bestseller, Breath, Eyes, Memory. Breath was an amazing book in and of itself from this Haitian American...

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In The Name of The Forgotten Souls, Respect To The Spirits

Date of Review: Sep 12, 1999

Review: The Farming of Bones shows the tremendous talent of Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat. This book is about Amabelle Desir, a housemaid having flashback about a massacre orchestrated by Dominican Strongman and Dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina in...

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Awards	1999 American Book Award
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	Format: Hardcover - Prebinding Publisher: Bt Bound (September 01, 1999) Measurements: 7.5"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.7 lbs. ISBN: 9780613215220

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