Welcome to Litsy!

Hoping to finish this one in the next couple of days for my work book club. This month‘s theme is immigration.

Oh #Haiti. What a country, what a mess. This is the story of Edwidge Danticat‘s family and their lives. Lives lived in Haiti and in the US. It‘s a story filled with love. Life has been hard on them yet love is stronger. A wonderful book. Thank you so much for sending me this one @Megabooks 💕

Pic: Fes, Morocco

#BirthdayPixieReadathon #pop23 #JustTextOnCover #TBRTarot #ReadingTheAmericas2023 🇭🇹

#WeeklyForecast 11/23

I am reading the obscure Jawbone right now, it‘s a weird book. Next will be an easy Dutch one and then the Danticat, to which I‘ve been looking forward! This way I‘ll have finished two more books for #ReadingtheAmericas2023 by the end of the week!

A powerful personal story of author Edwidge Danticat‘s two fathers - her beloved biological father and his older brother, her Uncle Joseph, who raised her while her parents were earning a living in America.
Danticat weaves between the past & present as she shares the lives of her father & brother growing up during Haiti‘s colonial days to the present (2002) as she learns her father is battling a pulmonary disease. Moving and sorrowful.

@Megabooks we‘re back in sync 💕👯‍♀️💕 im LOVING this memoir #WrittenByACarribeanAuthor set in #Haiti
I‘m also a huge fan of Robin Miles narration
#52Books23 #ReadingTheAmericas23 #Hoopla

My favorite memoirs show me how the author‘s life is shaped by the larger world. In this 5⭐️ one, Danticat tells the stories of her, her father, and her uncle‘s lives in light of Haitian history. She was left in the care of her uncle, a leader in the Bel Air neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, when her parents immigrated to America. Eight years later, she joined them. The divergent paths of the brothers elucidate much of Haiti‘s recent events.

It was such a warm and fantastic book that my tears were even about to drop at the end. Love her word using and I was thinking to get some of her fictions to read.

A beautifully written memoir about Danticat's extraordinary family and their deep capacity for love and survival. Moving from conflict-ridden Haiti to the US, and going back and forth in time, the many threads of her story are expertly woven into a portrait of enduring hope and faith, even in the midst of death and loss. It's incredibly moving, and I cried through about the last 20 pages of it.

Going to hear Danticat speak on "The Art of Immigration" in a couple of weeks at NYPL.

The #bigbadwolf sale ended yesterday. It's a big deal for local readers, and for good reason--you can find excellent bargains. I tried not to lose my shit this year and attempted to practise restraint. Not only is my book buying completely out of hand, I'm running out of space. This is my modest #bookhaul. Er ... part 1 of 2 🙈

Audible has a sweet 2 books for 1 credit sale going on right now (for selected titles), and I was able to snag these 2. Super excited!

NEA The BIG READ
went to the library and picked up my free copy of the big read this morning.

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

#pocauthors #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge. I was introduced to reading Edwidge Danticat by a gal I knew getting her master's in Haitian studies. I've since read everything by her. She writes novels and memoirs-give her a try! 📚📖🎁

The BIG READ for fall in my town is this book. It's the third year for this event, the first year 3000 participated, last year 7000. We shall see what this year brings. Previous books: To Kill A Mocking Bird and The Things They Carried.

My #WonderWomanWednesday is Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-American author. She writes about national identity, the politics of the Haitian diaspora, colonization, & raising Haitian voices & experiences. She's also a tireless champion for immigrant rights & issues affecting Haiti, particularly Haitian women. She's testified before Congress & regularly lectures about Haiti. Her memoir is powerful & she's won tons of awards. 🙌🏾

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I'm hoping a side effect of this book is that I now pick up my first Danticat novel. Edwidge and one brother were left behind when her parents immigrated to NY, only to be reunited at age 12, an amazing immigration story. Towards the end, the author relates the horrific treatment of her beloved uncle at the hands of immigration/detention in Miami, and his death as a result. This was meticulously researched, painful to read. Great book.