{"product_id":"9781953534385","title":"What Storm, What Thunder","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Book Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAspen Words Literary Prize Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and\u003cem\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Stunning.” —Margaret Atwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, \u003cem\u003eWhat Storm, What Thunder\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033568035056,"sku":"9781953534385","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781953534385_p0.jpg?v=1769898756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781953534385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}