Sisters of the Desert Sun Read "Claire of the Sea Light" by Edwidge Danticat

Sisters of the Desert Sun will read award winning, best selling author Edwidge Danticat's novel "Claire of the Sea Light".  A brilliant voice illuminating life in Haiti, Danticat has invited her readers to share the triumphs and tragedies of a host of characters set in the island nation.  Reading her work is always an incredible experience but we get to meet her at the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.  Join us for the event and an opportunity to have your book signed.  For more information about this and other books and events Sisters of the Desert Sun is enjoying please continue to visit this blog and visit us on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.

From the Publisher

From the best-selling author of Brother, I’m 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 Limyè Lanmè—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. 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 Danticat’s most spellbinding, astonishing book yet.