TY - BOOK AU - Condé,Maryse AU - Philcox,Richard TI - Waiting for the waters to rise SN - 1642860735 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - World Editions KW - Orphans KW - Fiction KW - Haiti N1 - First published as "En attendant la montée des eaux" in France in 2010 by JC Lattés. --Title page verso N2 - "Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed mother and his ex-lover Azelia, both now gone, as are the hopes and aspirations he's carried with him since his arrival in Guadeloupe. Until, one day, the child Anaïs comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude."--Back cover ER -