Claire of the Sea Light, by Edwidge Dandicat

Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 9, 2013

Edwidge Danticat talks about her new novel, Claire of the Sea Light. It’s set in a small seaside town in Haiti where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing. Claire Limyè Lanmè’s mother died in childbirth, and her father wonders if he should give away his young daughter to a local shopkeeper who could give Claire a better life. Before he can make his decision, she disappears.

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