Children of the Sea Summary
Edwidge Danticat

Children of the Sea Summary

First published in the October, 1993, issue of Short Fiction by Women under the title "From the Ocean Floor," "Children of the Sea" was also included in Edwidge Danticat's 1995 short story collection Krik? Krak! The story of a young couple separated by political strife in Haiti, it received positive attention from critics as did the book, and the author quickly gained a reputation as one of the most promising writers in the United States...

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