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Edwidge Danticat

The Farming Of Bones

Edwidge DanticatFiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

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Why are some chapters in bold and some in regular font? What is the purpose of this in relation to the narrative?

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Why is Amabelle reticent to reply to Sebastien when he asks about her father in Chapter 7?

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Amabelle says, “There are times when I want to be a girl again, to touch this doll, because when I touch it, I feel nearer to my mother than when her flesh is stroking mine” (57). Why might touching the doll make her feel a more intimate connection to her mother than touching her mother would?

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