Behind the Mountains: The Diary of Celiane Esperance (First Person Fiction) - Hardcover

Danticat, Edwidge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439372992 ISBN 13: 9780439372992

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2002

Synopsis

Writing in the notebook which her teacher gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane EspTrance describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.

About this title

About the Author:

Edwidge Danticat was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, until she was twelve years old, when she moved to the United States to be reunited with her family. She published her first pieces of literary work just two years later. She has written many award-winning books, including BREATH, EYES, MEMORY, a member of Oprah's Book Club; KRIK? KRAK!, a National Book Award Nominee; THE FARMING OF BONES, an American Book Award Winner; and BROTHER, I'M DYING, a National Book Critics Circle winner. She is a 2009 winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant. Edwidge lives with her family in Miami, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0439372992
• ISBN 13: 9780439372992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176