Claire of the sea Light

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Danticat, Edwidge
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Danticat, Edwidge	4-week checkout	Due 05-12-2024

"The interconnected secrets of a coastal Haitian town are revealed when one little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, goes missing"-- Provided by publisher.

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Claire of the Sea Life submitted by vicki browne on June 14, 2014, 7:36pm Story takes place in Haiti with community and family at the forefront. Claire's Mother dies in childbirth and her father is devastated at his beloved loss. Poverty and hardship is commonplace here in Haiti and Claire's father looks to have Claire adopted so she will be provided for and taught the ways of a young woman. A seamstress who owns her own shop and has grieves over the death of her own child agrees to take Claire in. There's a hint of a possible relationship between her and Claire's father, as we see Claire struggle with this decision by her father and runs away until she can come to grips with this path her life is taking.

lyrical submitted by camelsamba on June 24, 2014, 7:48pm Lyrical. Slightly mystical. Interwoven stories. You may need to read it multiple times to better see all the interconnections.