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Author:

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

Title:

Claire of the Sea Light / Edwidge Danticat.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

287 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Girls--Crimes against--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
City and town life--Haiti--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Haiti--Fiction.
Large type books.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1611739292 (library binding : alk. paper)
9781611739299 (library binding : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)852681873

LCCN:

2013024110

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

FPPC224 -- Murphy Helwig Library (Monona)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)