This year's One Maryland One Book selectio n\, chosen by Maryland Humanities for the theme of "restorative futures\," is What Storm\, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy.
\nAt the end of a long\, sweltering day\, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude sh akes the capital of Haiti\, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected b y the disaster&mdash\;Richard\, an expat and wealthy water-bottling execut ive with a secret daughter\; the daughter\, Anne\, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO\; a small-time drug traffi cker\, Leopold\, who pines for a beautiful call girl\; Sonia and her busin ess partner\, Dieudonné\;\, who are followed by a man they believe i s the vodou spirit of death\; Didier\, an emigrant musician who drives a t axi in Boston\; Sara\, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in a n IDP camp\; her husband\, Olivier\, an accountant forced to abandon the w ife he loves\; their son\, Jonas\, who haunts them both\; and Ma Lou\, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all.
\ nBrilliantly crafted\, fiercely imagined\, and deeply haunting\,&nb sp\;What Storm\, What Thunder \;is a singular\, stunning record\, a re ckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster\, and&mdash\;at the same t ime&mdash\;an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.
\nYou can find a physical copy of the book in our catalog or download a digital copy on Libby. Come ready to discuss the book and its them es with other community members from various backgrounds. During the discu ssion\, we will make a miniature book keychain to commemorate your partici pation in this year's One Maryland One Book program and serve as a reminde r to do what you can to help others and better our community and the world .
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