![]() ![]() Magdalie's journey shows the importance of connections, of family and friends, during difficult times and the anguish that comes when those bonds are broken. This is a story of everything that comes after: from a candid depiction of the international response to a young girl's account of what a life of desperation can do to an individual and to a society. "Haiti, already one of the poorest countries in the world, was devastated by the earthquake in 2010. ![]() Katz, author of The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster Laura Wagner does just that in this brave, beautiful book, bringing us the complex life of Magdalie, and a glimpse of a people's soul." -Jonathan M. "In Haiti they say 'Kreyòl pale, Kreyòl konprann.' Speak plainly and honestly, and be understood. "Laura Wagner has managed to get a huge amount of Haiti into the pages of this book: the sun, the rain, the bottomless spiral of catastrophe, rage, despair and indomitable hope." -Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising: A Novel of Haiti ![]()
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