When the Lights Knock

Leah Baptiste

A New Orleans hospice nurse whose work has taught her to stay present when certainty falls away.

Leah Baptiste comforting Imani on the dock at Algiers Point

Keeper of compassion

Leah’s strength is relational rather than institutional. Her connection with Imani and her care for others place the human consequences of the mystery at the center of the story.

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