Sight Unseen follows three innoce nts in New Orleans: Claire\, a photographer\; her husband Simon\, who runs a plant nursery\; and their dog Hank\, the middleman. The story opens in May 1995\, on the night of a terrific flood\, a &ldquo\;rain event&rdquo\; that sets their home afloat. So many plans\, so much water. Amidst this r uin\, the couple also grapples with conflicting desires around parenthood. In their foundering attempts to have a child\, their marriage is tested b y the deeper desolation exposed in the fallout from this immense loss. By the next hurricane threat six months later\, Claire and Simon must learn h ow to survive\, literally and figuratively\, together or apart. As Claire reaches new ground in her work as a photographer\, she sharpens her abilit y to see herself\, her husband\, and the world they made with greater hone sty\, and fashions a life raft from the wreckage of her mistakes.
\nConstance Adler is the author of the novel Sight Unseen\, as well as a memoir My Bayou\, New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover. Her stories have appeared in numerous publications that include River Teeth\, Oxford American\, Garden &\; Gun\, Utne Reader\, Spy M agazine\, Philadelphia Magazine\, Bayou\, and B lackbird. Her work in Gambit Weekly was honored by the Louisiana Pres s Association with a first place award in feature writing. Peauxdunque Rev iew/Words &\; Music Literary Conference honored her story &ldquo\;Look& rdquo\; with the First Place Prize for Creative Nonfiction. She makes her home near Bayou Saint John in New Orleans.
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