Edwidge Danticat's Nostalgic Gift

Storybook Ending

By Edwidge Danticat
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the February 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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A stranger offers Edwidge Danticat a nostalgic gift: the primer that taught her the magic of words.

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