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First edition. |
| Description |
327 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Zwazo Delalun, or Zo, is a child in the 1990s, growing up in a fishing village on the western tip of Haiti. An orphan, he learns to swim and fish, then to harvest almonds and cut cane. He travels the island in his youth, finding work wherever he can. One morning, while hauling cement in the broiling sun, he meets Anaya, a nursing student who is sipping cherry juice under a tree. Their attraction is instantaneous, fierce; what grows between them feels like the destiny-changing love Zo has yearned for. But Anaya's father cannot accept that a poor, uneducated man such as Zo is good enough for her, and he sends Anaya away to Port-au-Prince. Then something even more shattering happens: on January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake churns the ground beneath the capital city, destroying nearly everything in its wake, leaving the dead unnumbered, and forever altering the course of life for those who survive. |
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Poor -- Fiction.
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Social classes -- Fiction.
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Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Earthquakes -- Fiction.
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Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 -- Fiction.
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Love -- Fiction.
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Haiti -- Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781101874127 (hardcover) |
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1101874120 (hardcover) |
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