Claire of the sea light
By: Edwidge Danticat
Edition: Large print edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781611739299
Subjects: City and town life; Missing children; Secrets; Large type books; Girls; Crimes against; Fiction
Description: Claire Limyé Lanmé -- Claire of the Sea Light -- is an enchanting child born into love and tragedy in Ville Rose, Haiti. Claire's mother died in childbirth, and on each of her birthdays Claire is taken by her father, Nozias, to visit her mother's 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 Claire's 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.