01550cam a2200253 4500 503771892 TxAuBib 20131203120000.0 130710s2013||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2013024110 9781611739299 1611739292 TxAuBib Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Claire of the Sea Light [large print] / Edwidge Danticat. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2013. 287 pages (large print.) Claire Limy Ľanm -̌- 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. 20131203. Missing children Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Haiti Fiction.