What Storm, What Thunder

“Stunning.” —Margaret Atwood

“A heartbreaking tale of regret and resilience, and a fiery rebuke of racism, violence and greed.”
― TIME

“A stunning commentary on racism, sexual violence, capitalism and the resilience required to rebuild a life.”
― The Washington Post

“A gorgeous, intimate voice. . . . A reminder of the extraordinary resilience, then as now, of the Haitian people.”
― People Magazine

“Searing. . . . Chancy’s fictional portrait of the survivors and victims is both ode and elegy.”
― Oprah Daily

“Not since W. G. Sebald has somebody succeeded in evoking such a rich sense of the history of disaster. . . . She has unimpeachable credibility―and a clear purpose: People do persist, not merely suffer.”
― NPR Books

“Written by a Haitian Canadian American author, this novel paints Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and its aftermath through 10 points of view, from a wealthy water executive to an architect returning from Rwanda to deal with the earthquake’s aftermath.”
― The New York Times Book Review

“Incredibly powerful.”
― BuzzFeed

“Many of us are hungry for stories of survival and resilience in this precarious world where the for-grantedness of life is fractured. This book delivers.”
― The San Francisco Chronicle

“An elegiac and moving portrait of Haitians as they experienced the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, this novel offers an ensemble of resilient, hopeful characters, haunted by those they mourn, but faithful for a better future.”
― The Boston Globe

“This is fiction as an act of bearing witness. . . .Chancy’s lush prose engages shifting and intersecting points of view that reflect the contours of an island nation borne of anti-colonial rebellion.”
― Vulture

“Unmissable.”
― Harper’s Bazaar

“Chancy promises to illuminate the lives of people who in America are often fleeting visions on 24-hour news channels, noticed only when disaster happens.”
― The Chicago Tribune

“Unforgettable.”
― New York Public Library

“Enchanting in its complexity, inviting but also deeply haunting.”
― The Rumpus

“Remarkable. . . . Every element of the writing and characterization delivers a poignant experience.”
― Booklist

“Lending her voice to ten survivors whose lives were indelibly altered by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Myriam J. A. Chancy’s sublime choral novel not only describes what it was like for her characters before, during, and after that heartrending day, she also powerfully guides us towards further reflection and healing.”
― Edwidge Danticat, author of Everything Inside

“A beautiful, haunting chorus of voices. This is a heartbreaking book, a striking achievement.”
― Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose

“A gorgeous and compulsively readable page-turner in the most haunting and stunning prose. If you love the works of Jesmyn Ward, Edwidge Danticat, and J. M. Coetzee, this is the book for you! Absolutely breathtaking!”
― Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana