Edwidge Danticat the author of “Breath, Eyes, Memory” spent her childhood in Haiti, and when she was a young girl, she moved to New York City. “Breath, Eyes, Memory” is her first novel, published in 1994.
It is notable that the author was only twenty-five years old when this novel was first published. It was a great achievement for this young writer. While speaking to the media people during her several interviews, she said that she had first started writing “Breath, Eyes, Memory” as an essay during her school time in Haiti. She later expanded it into a complete book when she was twenty-five years old.