{"product_id":"books-what-storm-what-thunder-by-myriam-ja-chancy","title":"What Storm, What Thunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmerican Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Stunning.\" --Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAt the end of a long, sweltering day, 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, \u003ci\u003eWhat Storm, What Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673449652497,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781953534385.jpg?v=1781525776","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-what-storm-what-thunder-by-myriam-ja-chancy","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}