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Reviewed on September 15, 2010
In the bayou there are two kinds of people—those who stay and those who leave. That's what Fantine Antoine's father was told when he packed up his family, moving west to escape the cane fields and the constant danger facing a black man in 1950s Louisiana. Years later, Fantine, also a wanderer, yearns to leave her parents' California citrus groves. A facility with languages lands her an East Coast education, a hip apartment in L.A., a career as a noted travel writer, and not a little resentment...Log In or Sign Up to Read More