Claire of the Sea Light
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3.7 • 89 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this gorgeous, arresting, and profoundly vivid new novel, Danticat once again tells a story that feels as mysterious and magical as a folk tale and as effective and devastating as a newsreel. Claire Limy Lanm ("Claire of the Sea Light") is turning seven, and yet her birthday has always been marked by both death and renewal. Claire's mother died in childbirth, and she has been raised by her fisherman father in a shack near the sea. The book begins there in the shack, on the morning of her birthday before winding back to tell the story of every previous birthday, and who lived, and died, each year. For some time, Claire's father has considered giving her to a wealthy businesswoman who lost her own daughter, and the heartbreaking question of Claire's fate adds to the novel's suspense, as both the past, and this single day, unfold. In the meantime, Danticat (Krik? Krak!) paints a stunning portrait of this small Haitian town, in which the equally impossible choices of life and death play out every day.
Customer Reviews
Go by myself
Hiking on my way and you know your heart soon.
It was ok
It was a quick read, lots of details to paint the picture of the area and it's people. I was bored a lot of the time, but I kept reading because it was this month's book club choice and I thought it would all come together in some amazing twist at the end. It didn't.
That was a waste...
Of my time and money.