The Farming of Bones

Description

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. But 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.

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Other Editions

• The Farming of BonesPaperbackSoho1998-01-01
• The farming of bonesSoho Press1998-01-01
• Farming of BonesSoho Press, Incorporated1998-01-01
• Farming of BonesLittle, Brown Book Group Limited1999-01-01
• The Farming of BonesAbacus1999-01-01
• The Farming of BonesPaperbackAbacus1999-01-01