<DIV>Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. Kincaid's unblinking record of a life that ed too early speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><DIV><I>My Brother</I> is a 1997 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.</DIV><BR></DIV>