The Farming of Bones: A Novel
Registered by KansasKiwi on 5/13/2005
2 journalers for this copy...
From the Publisher
It is 1937, the Dominican side of the Haitian border. Amabelle, orphaned at the age of eight when her parents drowned, is a maid to the young wife of an army colonel. She has grown up in this household, a faithful servant. Sebastien is a field hand, an itinerant sugarcane cutter.
They are Haitians, useful to the Dominicans but not really welcome. There are rumors that in other towns Haitians are being persecuted, even killed, but there are always rumors.
Amabelle loves Sebastien. He is handsome despite the sugarcane scars on his face, his calloused hands. She longs to become his wife and walk into their future. Instead, terror enfolds them.
The story does not end here: it begins. The Farming of Bones is about love, fragility, barbarity, dignity, remembrance, and the only triumph possible for the persecuted: to endure.
Journal Entry 2 by KansasKiwi at Jeanette's Cafe - South Main (Antique District) in Hutchinson, Kansas USA on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/21/2005 UTC) at Jeanette's Cafe - South Main (Antique District) in Hutchinson, Kansas USA
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Shelved with the other BookCrossing books.
Shelved with the other BookCrossing books.
I just caught this book at Jeanette's Cafe- maybe I will become like a lion at a watering hole and wait there for unsuspecting books to come along- besides, the coffee and food are great. I am just starting the book..........
CAUGHT IN HUTCHINSON KANSAS USA
CAUGHT IN HUTCHINSON KANSAS USA
This is a heartbreaking book but one that should be read. It describes one of those tragic pockets of history that are too easily forgotten. The prose is sometimes lush, sometimes stark, and always powerful. Will leave back at Jeanette's........