Claire of the Sea Light

ISBN: 030727179X

Author: Danticat, Edwidge

Condition: New

From the best-selling author of Brother, Im Dying and The Dew Breaker: a stunning new work of fiction that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing.Claire Limy Lanm-Claire of the Sea Light-is an enchanting child born into love and tragedy in Ville Rose, Haiti. Claires mother died in childbirth, and on each of her birthdays Claire is taken by her father, Nozias, to visit her mothers grave. Nozias wonders if he should give away his young daughter to a local shopkeeper, who lost a child of her own, so that Claire can have a better life.But on the night of Claires seventh birthday, when at last he makes the wrenching decision to do so, she disappears. As Nozias and others look for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed among the community of men and women whose individual stories connect to Claire, to her parents, and to the town itself. Told with piercing lyricism and the economy of a fable, Claire of the Sea Light is a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores what it means to be a parent, child, neighbor, lover, and friend, while revealing the mysterious bonds we share with the natural world and with one another. Embracing the magic and heartbreak of ordinary life, it is Edwidge Danticats most spellbinding, astonishing book yet.