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A review by spiderfelt
Haiti: After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer
3.0
This book is a broad analysis of the international process begun to fund and coordinate relief and reconstruction. The amount of process involved in obtaining $6 billion in pledges of support, let alone planning how that money will be used in a way that is fiscally sound, is staggering. Reading about this process was dry, for someone not involved in public policy. And yet, I couldn't give up on the book. I was hooked. How far would the story go?
In the end, I was left wondering what has happened since it was published in 2011? The fact that I was unsatisfied with the book, is a reflection of the time it took me to read it, not a failing of the author. I want to see how many of the goals set out in the book as the partners imagined building back better have begun. Listening to the reports of destruction from Hurricane Matthew this week, I wonder how far the progress will be set back.
Also, listening to the audiobook, I desperately wanted more of the Haitian authors to read in Creole. I wanted more stories by Haitians. I was certainly hoping for more of stories, less of a policy manual.
In the end, I was left wondering what has happened since it was published in 2011? The fact that I was unsatisfied with the book, is a reflection of the time it took me to read it, not a failing of the author. I want to see how many of the goals set out in the book as the partners imagined building back better have begun. Listening to the reports of destruction from Hurricane Matthew this week, I wonder how far the progress will be set back.
Also, listening to the audiobook, I desperately wanted more of the Haitian authors to read in Creole. I wanted more stories by Haitians. I was certainly hoping for more of stories, less of a policy manual.