Cover of Mamas Nightingale A Story Of Immigration And Separation by Edwidge Danticat, a children's book set in Haiti

Mamas Nightingale A Story Of Immigration And Separation

by Edwidge Danticat

Reading Format: All-Ages

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About This Book

A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya’s mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother’s warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved by her mother’s tales and her father’s attempts to reunite their family, Saya writes a story of her…