Claire of the Sea Light
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Description: 238 pages ; 21 cm
From the national bestselling author of Brother, I'm Dying and The Dew Breaker : a "fiercely beautiful" novel ( Los Angeles Times ) 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.
Just as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè--Claire of the Sea Light--suddenly disappears. As the people of the Haitian seaside community of Ville Rose search for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed. In this stunning novel about intertwined lives, Edwidge Danticat crafts a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores the mysterious bonds we share--with the natural world and with one another.
Just as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè--Claire of the Sea Light--suddenly disappears. As the people of the Haitian seaside community of Ville Rose search for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed. In this stunning novel about intertwined lives, Edwidge Danticat crafts a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores the mysterious bonds we share--with the natural world and with one another.
Subjects:
Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Missing children -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Haiti -- Fiction.
Secrets -- Fiction.
Haiti -- Fiction.
Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Missing children -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Haiti -- Fiction.
Secrets -- Fiction.
Haiti -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0307472272
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| F Danticat | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
