Everything Inside av Edwidge Danticat

<b><b><b><b>NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER <b>• "Un</b>forgettable tales of families and lovers—from Haiti to Miami, Brooklyn, and beyond—often struggling with grief, loss, and missed connections.” <b>—<i>Vanity Fair</i> • REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK<br><br>A <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>Best Fiction Book of the Century<br><br></b></b></b></b></b>A romance unexpectedly sparks between two wounded friends. A marriage ends for what seem like noble reasons, but with irreparable consequences. A young woman holds on to an impossible dream even as she fights for her survival. Two lovers reunite after unimaginable tragedy, both for their country and in their lives. A baby’s christening brings three generations of a family to a precarious dance between old and new. A man falls to his death in slow motion, reliving the defining moments of the life he is about to lose. <br><br>Set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond, here are eight emotionally absorbing stories, rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity. At once wide in scope and intimate, <i>Everything Inside</i> explores with quiet power and elegance the forces that pull us together or drive us apart, sometimes in the same searing instant. <b><br></b>