“What is invisible and yet still lives is more powerful than monuments or words engraved in stone.”
This month’s book takes us to Haiti and is dedicated to the 250,000 to 300,000 individuals estimated to have perished in January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.
Book of the Month: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy
Synopsis: At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster—Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and—at the same time—an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.
Find the book here: https://amzn.to/4bd7Ij3
Our discussion will take place via Google Meet on Friday, February 23rd at 7pm. Register for the discussion here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/this-black-girl-reads…
Until then, if you have any questions or comments come join the discussion in our TBGR Book Club Facebook Group.
It’s great to have you with us. Happy Reading!
Sincerely,
Lalaa aka @ThisBlackGirlReads
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