After Edwidge Danticat's parents left Haiti for America when she was four, she was left in the care of her uncle Joseph. It was a good choice. Her father's older brother was a gentle man, a thoughtful caretaker, generous even in hard times. When little Edwidge left to be reunited with her parents in New York City eight years later, it was a bittersweet departure; her heart sank when she thought of being separated from her second father, the pastor who "knew all the verses for love." Joseph stayed on in Haiti, ministering to his congregation, but as times grew worse, he was forced to flee to America in 2004. His story ends tragically. In Florida, he was first detained by U.S. Customs, then imprisoned by the Department of Homeland Security. Within days, the frail 81-year-old refugee was dead. Danticat's soulful story brings him to life again. A moving memoir by the author of The Dew Breaker.