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Rainy Season - Haiti-Then And Now

by Amy Wilentz
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Haiti's Desperation Brought to Light.

"Rainy Season - Haiti-Then And Now" is a moving memoir that highlights the resilient, yet sorrowful life of the Haitian people. The book takes you on a journey through the history of Haiti, its extreme poverty, and its struggle to rebuild after the 2010 earthquake. The book is a must-read for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Haitian culture and the harsh realities of life in Haiti.

  • PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction Writers (1990)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1989)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Rainy Season - Haiti-Then And Now

by Amy Wilentz
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ISBN: 9781439198391
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $24.70
Authors: Amy Wilentz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2010-04-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: World History, Memoir, Social Justice, History, Biography
Goodreads rating: 4.07
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The earthquake has unleashed a desperation I recognize from my long education in Haiti as the desperation of extreme poverty. A few blocks away, I heard an elderly Haitian arguing with an officer of the 82nd over a piece of rope or bungee cord the man needed to tie up a bundle of stuff. The man had no teeth and gray sprouts of hair and he held the cord in his hand and was trying to get back to his bundle. But the officer stopped him. The man spoke no English, the officer no Creole — but the officer knew that all scavenging had to stop now (as he said repeatedly), because the bulldozers were coming in and the Army did not want to bulldoze any scavengers. Finally though, the officer—rolling his eyes and shaking his head slightly, and looking up to the heavens in a combined gesture of impatience and resignation not uncommon among people new to Haiti—let the old man leave with his piece of rope." —From the new introduction, "After the Earthquake
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Haiti's Desperation Brought to Light.

"Rainy Season - Haiti-Then And Now" is a moving memoir that highlights the resilient, yet sorrowful life of the Haitian people. The book takes you on a journey through the history of Haiti, its extreme poverty, and its struggle to rebuild after the 2010 earthquake. The book is a must-read for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Haitian culture and the harsh realities of life in Haiti.

  • PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction Writers (1990)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1989)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.