Book of the day: Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
Jennifer Clement is an American-Mexican author. In 2015, she was elected as the first woman president of PEN International. She also served as President of PEN Mexico from 2009 to 2012. Her books have been translated into 30 languages. She is the author of four novels: Gun Love, Prayers for the Stolen, A True Story Based on Lies, and The Poison That Fascinates.
Her novel Prayers for the Stolen was published in 2012. She was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship for Literature in 2012 for her novel Prayers for the Stolen and was honored with The Sara Curry Humanitarian Award for that work.