Please join us at Politics & Prose TONIGHT 9/17 @ 7 pm for a book reading by Haiti’s most renowned novelist, Edwidge Danticat. Danticat’s latest novel, Claire of the Sea Light, tells the story of 7-year-old Claire and her fisherman father Nozias, who struggles over whether to raise her alone or put her in the care of a different family. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet one of Haiti’s strongest literary voices!
Is Hope a Choice?
One morning last fall in a rural village in Haiti, a woman who we'll call Esperanta bathed and dressed her five kids, locked them into her tiny house, and then walked away with the intention of ending her life. Life had not treated Esperanta...