Laura's Reviews > The Rainy Season: Haiti - Then and Now

I'm reading some books about Haiti in preparation for a choir trip there in January. Nonfiction books generally aren't my cup of tea -- I'm really more of a narrative reader -- but it wouldn't be right for me to visit a country without knowing more about it.

This book is written by a journalist who spent time in Haiti over a number of years. She includes a great deal of history of the country as well as her personal experiences there. Some of the history parts were rather dense and I had to stop more frequently so I wasn't just skimming them. The time during which the author was in Haiti was within my lifetime, but only a few of the names were familiar (Duvalier, Aristide).

There's a new forward which talks about the earthquake there in 2010; I'm eager to read another book which delves more deeply into the aftermath of the earthquake.

Overall, this was a helpful starting place as I try to find out more about the country we'll visit soon.