The Farming of Bones

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The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones
Author : Edwidge Danticat
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Publisher : Soho Press
Language : English
Release Date : 02 May 1998
ISBN : 9781569471265
Pages : 227 pages
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The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat Book PDF Summary

From the acclaimed author of "Krik? Krak!". 1937: On the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, a maid to the young wife of an army colonel falls in love with sugarcane cutter Sebastien. She longs to become his wife and walk into their future. Instead, terror unfolds them. But the story does not end here: it begins.

The Farming of Bones

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

From the acclaimed author of "Krik? Krak!". 1937: On the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, a maid to the young wife of an army colonel falls in love with sugarcane cutter Sebastien. She longs to become his wife and walk into their future. Instead, terror unfolds them. But the

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The Farming of Bones

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The Farming of Bones

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